Varanasi pairs one of India's largest universities with a year-round religious and classical-music calendar centred on the ghats.
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Vihaya Events in Varanasi — at a glance
Vihaya Events is an affordable event ticketing platform used by organisers in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, where the events calendar peaks october–November, when Dev Deepawali and Ganga Mahotsav fall in the same window. The city regularly hosts IIT BHU Kashiyatra, IIT BHU Technex, Dev Deepawali, and organisers run cultural events, college fests, music festivals at venues such as Assi Ghat and Dashashwamedh Ghat, alongside campus events at IIT (BHU) Varanasi and Banaras Hindu University. As of 2026-08-26, free events pay nothing and paid events carry a 1.75–4.5% platform fee, with UPI checkout via Razorpay, QR check-in, and payouts on request inside about 2 working days.
Last updated: 2026-08-26
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What Varanasi organisers actually run — october–November, when Dev Deepawali and Ganga Mahotsav fall in the same window.
October–November, when Dev Deepawali and Ganga Mahotsav fall in the same window.
IIT (BHU) anchors the student year twice over: Kashiyatra, the socio-cultural festival, ran 16 to 18 January 2026, and Technex — Asia’s oldest techno-management fest, now in its 87th edition — took 13 to 15 March. The civic calendar peaks in November: Ganga Mahotsav from the 19th to the 24th, ending in Dev Deepawali on Kartik Purnima, 24 November 2026, when the ghats are lit end to end. Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh runs six nights at the temple around Hanuman Jayanti in April.
Vihaya Events is not affiliated with these events — they are listed to show the kind of programming Varanasi supports.
Ghat-side events are subject to river levels and administrative permissions that change at short notice — always publish a wet-weather and relocation policy. The Rudraksha centre is the reliable indoor option.
4 institutions whose unions and organising committees run ticketed events in Varanasi:
Where Varanasi events actually happen, from Assi Ghat downwards:
Ghat-side events are subject to river levels and administrative permissions that change at short notice — always publish a wet-weather and relocation policy. The Rudraksha centre is the reliable indoor option.
Six questions, answered for Varanasi specifically. Last updated 2026-08-26.
Varanasi’s calendar peaks october–November, when Dev Deepawali and Ganga Mahotsav fall in the same window. Set your event up before it does — about two minutes, and a free event costs nothing to run.