Ganga Aarti at Varanasi is a mystical tradition of thousands of years on the banks of holy Ganges, in Kashi, the city of Lord Shiva. Aarti is held in praise of the river goddess Ganga. Aarti is held on Dashashwasmedh Ghat, Which is the main ghat in Varanasi on the Ganga River. It is located close to Shri Vishwanath Temple and is the most spectacular ghat. According to one Hindu legend, Brahma created it to welcome Lord Shiva. According to another legend, Brahma sacrificed ten horses during Dasa-Ashwamedha yajna performed here, hence the name Dashashwamedh Ghat ( Dasha= 10, Ashwa: Horses, Medh: Sacrifice, hence= अश्वमेध aśvamedhá; “horse sacrifice“).
Every evening thousands of visitors assemble at Dashashwamedh Ghat, to view the spectacle of evening Aarti. Though this tradition itself may be thousands of years old, in the modern days the Aarti is a choreographed show with priests in traditional Indian clothes using huge deepams and mashals or Cressets, moving to the tune of melodious Aarti and Bhajans. Hundreds of pilgrims, photographers and tourists rent boats to watch the show, as it unfolds every evening. Spectators occupy every inch of the Ghats, boats, and even nearby rooftops on hotels and ashrams.
This aarti was performed when Lord Shiva visited Varanasi, the spiritual capital of India. It was repeated when various Maharajas visited these ghats to take a holy dip in the holy Ganges, or Ganga Mata. But most of all it is repeated every single day for the average pilgrim coming to Varanasi from every part of the world. Close to the ghat, overlooking the Ganga lies the Jantar Mantar, an observatory built by Maharaja Jai Singh of Jaipur in the year 1737. On 7 December 2010, a low-intensity bomb blast rocked the southern end of the aarti at the Sitla Ghat. This killed 2 people and injured 37 including 6 foreign tourists.! 
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Hari Om Tat Sat ~ Har Har Mahadev ~ Har Har Gange! 
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