Live Webcams in India

India's live webcams open on Varanasi, the holiest city in Hinduism, on the banks of the Ganges: live darshan from Kashi Vishwanath, one of the twelve jyotirlingas, the most sacred shrines of Shiva, where a glimpse of the deity is said to carry the merit of a pilgrimage. The live webcams in India keep Indian Standard Time, UTC+5:30, with no daylight saving and a single clock from Gujarat to Assam; the day begins with the mangala aarti before dawn, around 22:00 UTC the previous evening, and the busiest hours run through the morning, with a second wave at dusk, around 13:00 UTC. Some 1.4 billion people live here, the largest population on Earth, and the pilgrims never stop. October to March is the season for the ghats, cool and clear; the monsoon, June to September, swells the river up the steps. Kashi and Banaras are the city's older names.

Places: Varanasi