Varanasi, the holy city of India, is also known by the name of Kashi and Benaras. Varanasi is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world and one of the most important pilgrimage sites in India. The name Varanasi means the "City between the two rivers" - Varuna and Assi. Kashi is known for its fine-quality banarasi silks sarees, 'banarasi mangahi paan',  and Benares Hindu University of the ancient days. Varanasi is the most famous pilgrimage center for the hindus. One of the seven holiest cities. Varanasi city is also one the Shakti Peethas and one of the twelve Jyotir Linga sites in India. In Hinduism it is believed that those who die and are cremated here get an instant gateway to liberation from the cycle of births and re-births.

Varanasi is situated on the west banks of River Ganges, which is believed to have the power of washing away all of one's sins. As pundits here will tell you, whatever is sacrificed and chanted here or given in charity reaps its fruits thousand times more than those good deeds performed at other places because of the power of that place. It is believed that three nights of fasting in Varanasi city (Kashi) can reap you rewards of many thousands of lifetimes of asceticism!

Varanasi is the oldest living city of the world. Varanasi is more than 3000+ years old and is famous as the city of temples & ghats. In Varanasi, there are temples at every few paces. Looking at the thousands of temples in Varanasi, it is hard to believe that a large number of them were demolished during the medieval times. Jyotirlinga Visvanatha Temple or Golden Temple, rebuilt in 1776, is dedicated to Lord Shiva. The Gyan Wapi well (meaning 'Well of Wisdom) is believed to have been dug by Lord Shiva himself. It is believed that the majestic Alamgir mosque has replaced one of the most ancient shrines known as the temple of Bindu Madhava. The thirty-three hundred million shrines fill one with awe and wonder with sheer numbers.

The Ganga Ghats (river front) are the most popular pilgrimage spot of Varanasi. There is a great tradition of yatras in the holy city of varanasi and the most sacred path is that of Panchkoshi Parikrama, the fifty-mile+ path with a radius of five miles that cover 108 shrines along the way, with Panchakoshi Temple as its main shrine.

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