Tribeni's Hindu Temples & Ruins

The riverbank north of the ghat is studded with temples of varying ages and states of repair, ranging from grand eighteenth-century structures with intact shikharas to mossy ruins that are barely identifiable as man-made. The most notable are the Siddhesvara Shiva Temple (a fine rath-style structure near the northern end of the ghat, with terracotta panels depicting Shiva legends) and a cluster of smaller pancha-ratna temples set back from the bank in a grove of ancient tamarind trees.
A further fifteen-minute walk north along the embankment brings you to the remains of what local historians believe was a Buddhist vihara: a series of large earthen mounds (locally called 'dhibi') that have yielded terracotta votive tablets and brick courses when excavated after floods. The site is unfenced and unremarked; it is one of those discoveries that rewards the curious traveller who simply wanders beyond the main sights.