Ramnagar Fort

The Ramnagar fort lies at the distance of 14 km from Varanasi - located on the opposite bank of river Ganga. It is the ancestral home of the Maharaja of Banaras. Maharaja Balwant Singh built this fort-palace in the 18th century. The fort-palace is built in red sandstone.

The Ramnagar fort has a temple and a museum, within the grounds and the temple, is dedicated to Ved Vyasa, one who wrote Mahabharata – the great Indian epic. Legends have it, that Ved Vyasa stayed here for a brief period.

The Ramnagar fort houses a museum displaying the Royal collection which includes vintage Cars, Royal palkies, an armory of swords and old guns. The Durga and Chhinnamastika Temple, are also Located at Ramnagar. A temple of Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman is also there. Inside the giant walls of the Ramnagar fort-palace, there is a big clock. This clock, not only displays year, month, week and day but also astronomical facts about the sun, moon and constellation of stars. An fascinating array of ornate palanquins, gold-plated howdahs and arsenal, are some of the artifacts on display in the Ramnagar fort-palace museum.