A photographer's personal journey through Banaras

Banaras, also known as Kashi, is a significant place for Nepalis; many came to get education. It also used to be a hub for Nepalis for their printing and publishing works. Later, many politicians chose this place when they had to flee Nepal and find a refuge. Nepal’s famous politicians such as BP Koirala, Ganesh Man Singh, Krishna Prasad Bhattarai, and Manmohan Adhikari spent quite a number of years in this spiritual city before returning to Nepal.

When I was planning my trip back to Calcutta recently, the city of pure joy, I was invited to Bombay for an important business meeting. Then I had to reroute my way to Calcutta via Bombay. Our travel agent was having difficulty booking tickets due to the ongoing festival season. Then co-incidentally, I also needed to be in Bhairahawa and strangely our travel agent called saying they can get my air ticket to Bombay from Banaras.

I happily agreed and now I am flying to Bombay from Banaras on November 22 en route to Calcutta after a petty work in Bhairahawa. I felt elated as I love Banaras.