Ram ki Paidi
राम की पैड़ी
A series of restored stepped ghats along a branch of the Sarayu River. The night lights and fountain show are enchanting, and this is where Deepotsav, the Diwali lamp festival, has set world records with over a million oil lamps.
Ram ki Paidi is a set of stepped ghats built along a channel of the Sarayu River. Steps and pavilions line both banks, and the channel carries river water for bathing. During the day, devotees bathe here. In the evening, the lights come on, and there are often laser light shows and musical fountains (check the day's schedule for times). On the night before Diwali, the Deepotsav lamp festival lights more than a million oil lamps along the ghats, a feat that has set several Guinness World Records, and hotels need to be booked months in advance for this event. Admission is free and the ghats are open all day. You can explore them together with the Naya Ghat to the north, where the evening Sarayu prayers are held, and the Nageshwarnath Temple. It is about a 20-minute walk from Hanuman Garhi.
Opening hours
All day
Nearby sights
- Nageshwarnath Temple
- Saryu Aarti at Naya Ghat
- Lata Mangeshkar Chowk
- Kanak Bhawan
- Hanuman Garhi
- Dashrath Mahal
- Tulsi Smarak Bhawan
- Ram Mandir (Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir)