Adi Keshav to Pakistani Mahadev
A morning to remember from Kashi I felt like an original explorer that morning. I missed getting out by sunrise as I had planned. But, being a winter morning, it was still not too sunny when I ventured out at 8, and the streets were just getting a little busy in Varanasi. I got into an electric auto rickshaw and asked for Adi Keshav mandir. The driver drew a blank, and then I told him Raj Ghat. Still, he wasn’t too convinced. I opened up the GPS and told him to head straight towards Raj Ghat. I knew the best way would have been to go to Assi Ghat and take a boat ride rather than rough it out on Kashi’s streets. Just laziness or my dizziness in looking down into water while getting a boat, I avoided it. It was a pretty long ride, and once close to the right turn towards Raj Ghat we asked for Adi Keshav mandir and got directions. The GPS took us straight up to the lane inside where the temple is tucked in clearly. We crossed the archaeological ruins of the ...