Varanasi Travel Experience | Exploring Varanasi's Rich Culture and Heritage Varanasi Travel Experience takes you through the cultural and spiritual essence of India's oldest city. Oneindia's Pankaj Mishra and Keshav Karna explore Varanasi, where history and tradition meet. During Holi, they meet travelers from Germany and England who express their love for Varanasi and their desire to return. Witness the vibrant celebrations and timeless heritage that make Varanasi a global attraction.
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00:00Well in this hustle bustle of this holy town of Varanasi where the alleys and the back
00:17lanes are so congested that you might have to walk side by side giving way to these two
00:27wheelers honking away to glory and then you meet friends from different parts of the world and
00:32they are primarily coming from England and Germany as I've been told. Thank you so much
00:36for visiting India first of all and this visit to Varanasi, how do you feel coming here?
00:41Over-stimulated, it's very loud. But it's beautiful, it's beautiful.
00:46Right, I'm sure you must not have seen anything like this anywhere in another part of the world.
00:52No, it's very different, it's very different, very different to home for sure.
00:56If given an opportunity, would you come back again?
00:59Oh, maybe yeah, definitely to India for sure. It's a beautiful country.
01:03We were mainly in Rajasthan so we went to Jaisalmer, Bikander, Udaipur, Jaipur, Jodhpur.
01:11Yeah, we were mainly over there and then we went to Agra as well.
01:14Oh, that's nice, that's nice. Maybe you will find Varanasi very different from all the tourist
01:18destinations that we have seen.
01:20Well, we've only been here for a few hours so can't really tell but I'm enjoying it.
01:25I love it. I feel a bit under-stimulated, I thought it was going to be worse.
01:30So, the experience that you see here in India, have you seen it anywhere else?
01:36No, nowhere else in the world. I've been to Thailand and it's a little bit more tamer
01:40but all the colour and the scenery is beautiful but it's a lot more hectic, especially Varanasi
01:47at the moment, it's sad.
01:48Yeah, yeah, exactly. It gets even more hectic, I believe, in a couple of days when Holi is
01:54going to be played here.
01:55Oh gosh, yeah, we're going to be in Delhi for it so we're quite looking forward to the
01:59hecticness and the colours and we're all going to wear our whites.
02:02Right.
02:03I'm from a little seaside town in England so it's a lot different there but yeah, it's nice.
02:09I'm from England, I'm from Market as well. It's amazing being here, it's so busy, it's
02:14nothing like anything at home. The only thing I'd say it's like at home is maybe Leicester
02:17Square at Christmas time. That's completely overrun in London but yeah, it's really cool.
02:22We've come to Delhi, we've done a whole tour, it's been absolutely amazing. Thanks for having
02:27us and looking after us.
02:28I think people are very much in the moment here. It seems like, even though everything's
02:32very busy, I feel it's a very calm place, a very colourful place.
02:36I think people talk about India a lot. In England, people are very aware of India and
02:41everything that's going on here. It's seen as a very exciting place, lots of things happening.
02:47I think I was expecting a lot of India to be like Varanasi, where I feel Varanasi is
02:53in reality a lot busier than the most of India but all very beautiful and lovely people.
02:59I'm really enjoying India so far. I feel like I've been now in India for like four weeks
03:04so I kind of get used to all the busy roads, the honking. It can be a little bit overstimulating
03:12at times but yeah, I'm really enjoying it.
03:16Great and if given an opportunity, would you come back again?
03:20Yeah, I might also come back to explore the South because I'm now only have seen places
03:27in the North and I feel like the South might be a bit different.
03:30Lovely, thank you so much for taking time out and speaking to One India. We really appreciate it.
03:34And this is the United Colours of the World, if I may say so.
03:38And Varanasi is the place that can surely guarantee the fact that you come here,
03:42you don't just meet Indians, you meet the whole world here and that's the beauty of Varanasi.
03:47Thanks for watching this special broadcast on One India.