Above the Ghats of Varanasi its a unique system of narrow lanes that intrigues visitors most. Sometimes its really mesmerising to see all these lanes reaching somewhere after giving a sense of looseness. One can enter any of the lane & measure through more narrower lanes to the end of the city. These lanes are designed as such like the sinew of a human body. Varanasi is not a city only its Shiva itself. City is body of Shiva, from Assi to Varuna river just make a circle which move along Panchkoshi road & one will find its Shiva linga. And there is not a single doubt that these lanes are his sinew spreading from Assi to Varuna. The aluminous eternal light emerged was this city's boundary itself.  Story says when Lord Vishnu & Brahma were fighting for the supremacy a light emerged that had no beginning nor ending. Lord Vishnu dug deep to find the base of life & Brahma went upward in sky to find the beginning but of no avail. Lord Vishnu revered the light but Brahma lied that to see the beginning. At that point Lord Shiva emerged from the light & at the same time bought Kal Bhairav ferocious side of Shiva & Kal Bhairav cut the fourth head of Lord Brahma. Till date its hard to find a temple dedicated to Lord Brahma in India. That aluminous light is Varanasi & its lanes are sinew. Its not a city its alive.

 

The architecture of the lanes are so unique representing master works of ancient India. In Indian architecture social gathering was so important the they built buildings in vicinity & left the vast areas for greenery. The houses in lanes are four to five stories high rather than occupying more lands. They are going upward to space for newer members of family. From inside its like having an inner Varanda, encircled by rooms. For ventilation its a unique architecture. When the houses go upward they start to make narrow lanes much cooler. In India of scorching temperature of 45 degree its really hard to sustain but these lanes are unique & so designed that one can tackle this heat easily.