varanasi the at other places nightclubs bars and other adult oriented entertainments the stepped ghats of this timesless city promise a night full of the mixture of tranquility and on the banks of holy ganga beginning with the evening aarti the night cycle completes with the aarti before the break it is the blessings of maa ganga and bhagwan that people come not only spend some quality time but to explore their self in the proximity of the holy river kishori raman dubey commonly as maharaj the founder of gangotri samiti that has been holding ganga at dashashwamedh ghat for last two decades it seems the of varanasi sleep it was night when two youths were busy preparing food for the fishes an elevated stone platform at completely engrossed in making rolls and balls of atta wheat flour by mixing water they were feeding fishes flour balls the river shauk ko khilate hain our hobby to feed the fishes said one of them without raising his head when asked about their night venture on the ghat feeding fishes or them into the river is a common even in day time belief behind such practice is that it would protect one family from all evils for elderly resident of madanpura locality mehmood zamal who normally releases fishes in morning said fishes into the river feeding them gives peace mind he believes that the take all with them as the crowd starts returning homes from the ghats ganga aarti serenity all the riverfront there is no boat ride bustle of pilgrims and tourists as night progresses but one wants to food around midnight at the ghat steps the vendors selling south indian idli or chaat at service i remain till the people on coming for idli said an idli vendor one of the wooden chaukis platform with the ready stock of edibles next to him was chaat wala looking for customers though there no late night hours the ghats still remain live with the arrival of local nemi regular bathers at around 3 am for bathing said manish dubey son of babu maharaj who lives at dashashwamedh during special occasions or festivals people throng the ghats in large numbers for holy bath since midnight he said the cremation ghats like manikarnika harishchandra also remain live night the flames of manikarnika ghat never die said a local resident gulshan kapoor the ghats the old city areas like chowk along the road leading to the dashashwamedh ghat and cantt railway station area remain buzzing night long the city particularly its ghat old city areas sleep