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Travel & tourism startups in Varanasi

Booking, guiding and experiences built on the pilgrim and visitor traffic the ghats carry.

4 companies building in Travel & tourism here.

Naavi (Navi Waterways) Tourism-Tech

Adityaraj Gupta & Vishwanath Gaitonde

App-based boat-booking + real-time tracking aggregator for Ganga boats — pitched as a pioneer of app-based boat aggregation in Varanasi, launched with local tourism-department support (inaugurated at Nishadr...

Varanasi Guru Tourism-Tech

(heritage walks & boat experiences)

Began in Jan 2018 as an Instagram account documenting daily Kashi life; grew into an experiences/travel brand offering curated heritage walks, private licensed Ganges boat rides, sunrise tours, Ganga Aarti v...

Visit Kashi Tourism-Tech

(local travel marketplace)

Varanasi local travel company running an online marketplace for inbound tours across Varanasi, Prayagraj, Ayodhya and Bodhgaya, directly connecting travellers to hotels, boat booking, cabs and licensed guide...

Ghats, Kashi Vishwanath Corridor

One of India's largest religious-tourism economies. After the 2021 Kashi Vishwanath Corridor redevelopment, Varanasi draws tens of millions of pilgrims/tourists annually, spawning a large informal + emerging...

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Want to help launch eChai Varanasi?

eChai does not run a chapter in Varanasi. If you are a founder or community builder who wants to convene the first free, open eChai meetup here, get in touch. E-Cell at IIT (BHU) and the grassroots Varanasi Startups community are the natural partners for a launch, and eChai Lucknow is the nearest chapter to look at. No membership, no fee.

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