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| name = Assi Ghat<br />
| image = Assi Ghat Varanasi morning Aarti.jpg<br />
| caption = Morning [[aarti]] at Assi Ghat<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|17|19.132|N|83|0|24.342|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=April 2017}}<br />
[[File:City older than the history.jpg|thumb|Assi Ghat during Dev Dipawali.]]<br />
[[File:Sri Lakshminarayan Temple at Assi Ghat, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India (2012).jpg|thumb|Assi Ghat]]<br />
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'''Assi Ghat''' is the southernmost [[ghat]] in [[Varanasi]], India.<ref name="Ede2015">{{cite book|author=Piers Moore Ede|title=Kaleidoscope City: A Year in Varanasi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XplEBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT6|date=26 February 2015|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing|isbn=978-1-4088-3542-5|pages=6–}}</ref> To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being a place where long-term foreign students, researchers, and tourists live.<ref name=ex/> The ghat hosts Subah-e-Banaras, a cultural and spiritual event, in the mornings.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-03-22 |title=Subah-e-Banaras a hit as Assi ghat gets a makeover |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/subahebanaras-a-hit-as-assi-ghat-gets-a-makeover/article7021059.ece |access-date=2024-06-01 |work=The Hindu}}</ref><br />
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==Tourism==<br />
[[File:Assi Ghat-Varanasi India-Andres Larin.jpg|thumb|left|Drone shot of Assi Ghat in 2022]]<br />
The Assi Ghat is the southernmost ghat in Varanasi. It is one of the biggest ghats in Varanasi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Assi Ghat {{!}} Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh {{!}} Attractions |url=https://www.lonelyplanet.com/india/uttar-pradesh/varanasi/attractions/assi-ghat/a/poi-sig/1321882/356519 |access-date=2024-06-02 |website=Lonely Planet}}</ref> The [[Assi River|Assi]] and [[Ganges]] rivers converge at Assi Ghat.<ref>{{Cite book |last= |first= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MEoyDwAAQBAJ&dq=assi+ghat&pg=PA206 |title=DK Eyewitness Travel Guide India |date=2017-10-17 |publisher=Penguin |isbn=978-1-4654-7253-3 |pages=206 |language=en}}</ref> To most visitors in Varanasi, it is known for being a place where long-term foreign students, researchers, and tourists live. Assi Ghat is one of the ghats often visited for recreation and during festivals. Most of the people visiting the ghat on usual days are students from the nearby [[Banaras Hindu University]]. The ghat accommodates about 22,500 people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASASpapers/46JohnMalville.pdf |title=Time and the Ganga River at Asi Ghat, Pilgrimage and Ritual Landscape|author=John McKim Malville and Rana P. B. Singh |access-date=20 December 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124131559/http://www.sasnet.lu.se/EASASpapers/46JohnMalville.pdf |archive-date=24 January 2011 }}</ref> During iconic Dev Deepawali festival, more than 600,000 tourists visit the ghat.<br />
[[File:An evening at Assi Ghat.JPG|thumb|Old people in group chat in the evening at Assi Ghat]]<br />
Hindus believe that it was at Assi Ghat that [[Tulsidas]] left for his heavenly abode.<br />
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After the [[2010 Varanasi bombing]] the city commissioned extra police to the Assi Ghat neighborhood in order to more quickly resolve problems which tourists might have.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/New-measures-to-perk-up-vigil-in-city/articleshow/7084370.cms |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104065123/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2010-12-11/varanasi/28271739_1_ghats-spos-temples |url-status=live |archive-date=4 November 2012 |title=New measures to perk up vigil in city<br />
|date=11 Dec 2010 |work=[[The Times of India]] |publisher=[[The Times Group]] |access-date=20 December 2010}}</ref><br />
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=== ''Subah-e-Banaras'' ===<br />
''Subah-e-Banaras'', an early morning session before dawn (sunrise) started on 2014 by Minister of State, [[Uttar Pradesh Government]]. A committee has been constituted to glorify and propagate the celestial moments of ''Subah-e-Banaras'' for spiritual development. People from all walks of life joined hands together to perpetuate the early hour's effort to feel within existence of Almighty and grandeur of Nature.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Subah-e-Banaras|url=http://www.subahebanaras.net/|access-date=30 August 2020|website=SubaheBanaras}}</ref> It is daily session which last for 2 hours and is free of cost.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Subah-e-Banaras|work=Optima Travels|url=https://optimatravels.com/varanasi-uttar-pradesh/subah-e-banaras-varanasi-uttar-pradesh-india.aspx|access-date=30 August 2020}}</ref><br />
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==== Activities ====<br />
# Morning [[Vedic]] enchanting and Nature’s welcome.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Vedic Recitations at Assi Ghat, Varanasi (Subah-e-Banaras): the Paper of Natalia Korneeva (video)|url=https://iocs.hse.ru/en/news/268281343.html|access-date=2022-01-19|website=iocs.hse.ru|language=en}}</ref><br />
# Vedic [[Yajna|Yagya]].<br />
# Tribute to five elements of life, [[Tattva#Tantra|Pancha Tattva]].<br />
# Music – Morning [[Raga]], Classical/Semi classical by expert artists.<br />
# [[Yoga]] classes - To shape perfectly physically as well metaphysically.<br />
<ref>{{Cite web|title=Daily Schedule of Subah-e-Baranas|url=http://www.subahebanaras.net/index.php?id=DailySchedule|access-date=30 August 2020|website=SuabaheBaranas}}</ref><br />
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==In popular culture==<br />
*[[Kashinath Singh]]'s Hindi novel ''[[Kashi Ka Assi]]'' is set in the [[mohalla]] near the ghat. The novel was adapted into ''[[Mohalla Assi]]'', a 2018 [[Bollywood]] film starring [[Sunny Deol]] and directed by [[Chandra Prakash Dwivedi]], which is set in the ''[[mohalla]]'' (locality) around Assi Ghat.<ref name="ex">{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/In-the-new-world/748064/|title=In the new world|date=11 February 2011|work=Indian Express}}</ref><ref name="nd">{{cite web|url=http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20110169087&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=84318 |title=Sunny Deol to play a pandit in Mohalla Assi |publisher=[[NDTV]] Movies |access-date=2011-02-11 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212163510/http://movies.ndtv.com/movie_story.aspx?section=Movies&Id=ENTEN20110169087&keyword=bollywood&subcatg=MOVIESINDIA&nid=84318 |archive-date=12 February 2011 }}</ref><br />
*[[Raanjhanaa]], a 2013 film which is also a [[Varanasi]]-based story, also has scenes of the "Assi Ghat".<br />
*[[Masaan]], a 2015 [[drama film]] directed by [[Neeraj Ghaywan]] has scenes of Vatika Cafe of the Assi Ghat.<br />
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==References==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{Wikiversity-inline|The Varanasi Heritage Dossier/Asi Ghat Area|Assi Ghat}}<br />
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