At Varanasi, y,here the Gonga rererses its flow, the 81 ghats in a 6.8 km,stretch are an icortic intoge ctf the city. Their buih./Abri(, sy6f 1'scl oyg.y600 years Jront sel/-organized s.y'stems ctf v,ctrship and pilgrimage. Thecultural landscape of'the ghots i.s de/ined by situcttec! er)ents,