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Varanasi evening boat ride on the Ganges
Rajendraprasad ghat- In 1979 in memory and honor of Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, this was named after him.According to Kashiprasad Jaiswal, in the 3rd century CE the Bharshiva Naga kings had performed horse sacrifice ritual. Servants and the main horse took bath at this site, thus the name “Ghoda” (horse) ghat. Till 1958 at the bank there was a huge image of the horse. The horse statue has completely disappeared. The newly built stage for cultural performance there no way fits to the heritage tradition,
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