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The Ganga river front spreads over the arc line of 6.4 Km. where lies 84 Ghats between the confluences of the Assi in the south and the Varuna in the north. In archetype connotation, each Ghat represents one lakh of the organic species as described in Hindu mythologies.Further,12 zodiacs * 7 layers of atmosphere comes to 84;thus annual cycle of cosmic journey is completed with taking sacred bath at the 84 Ghats. At these sacred sights there exist 98 water-front sacred spots. The 98 indicates the cosmic frame linking 14 Bhuvana Bosa of human body and 7 layers between the earth and the heaven, thus the product 14*7 comes to 98.
Among these ghats five records the power of bestowing special menifestitive merit , they are known as panch jal tirth the Kashi khanda refers"Having bathed in the five tirthas a person never again recieves a body of five gross elements; rather he becomes the five- faced shiva in kashi. These five ghats from south to north are the Asi , Dasavamedha , Manikarnika , panchganga and Adikeshav.,
The Ghats lining the river stretch for about five kilometers. The boatmen are perhaps the most knowledgeable guides. Each Ghat has its association with the hallowed past, interesting architecture, history, and religious significance. These edifices have borne testimony to Benaras' changing fortunes the ages. Almost every Ghat has a temple dedicated to a special deity.
