Ramnagar Fort

Ramnagar, east bank

The 1750 sandstone seat of the Maharajas of Banaras on the far bank, where the royal family still lives and the month-long Ramlila is staged each autumn.

Reach it by road over the Samne Ghat bridge or by boat. The Ramlila, staged for about a month each autumn around Dussehra and recognized by UNESCO, moves across open-air sets in Ramnagar, with the Maharaja attending on an elephant.

Time to allow

90 min