Is Varanasi losing its appeal among foreign travellers? By Meera Vohra   My visit to Dashshwamedh Ghat the other day, perhaps my first this year, coincided with the evening Ganga arti . The arduous task of wading through the sea of humanity that attends the Ganga arti, almost daily, was enough reason not to be part of an activity that had been an essential element of my nightlife ever since I moved to Banaras more than a decade ago.    What was quite noticeable was the presence of some groups of foreign travellers, which was a common sight before the pandemic hit us.    Post pandemic, this evening ritual has become a domestic traveller's activity primarily, since the number of such travellers coming to Banaras has increased manifold due to various reasons, the prominent being the setting up of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor, while the footfall of foreign travellers has considerably declined, again due to various factors.   ...