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Varanasi (Hindi pronunciation: [ʋaːˈraːɳəsi], [a] [b] also Benares, Banaras Hindustani pronunciation: [bəˈnaːrəs] [c] [12] [13] [14] or Kashi [d] [15]) is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world.
Varanasi, also known as Kashi, is considered as the religious capital of Hinduism.In the Hindu faith, it is the holiest of all of its cities; the four dhams (abode of gods) in the four cardinal directions of the country – Badrinath in the north, Puri in the east, Dwarka in the west and Rameshwaram in the south – are all represented in the city in "archetypal forms" as the presiding deities ...
Varanasi is also known as the favourite city of the Hindu deity Shiva as it has been mentioned in the Rigveda that this city in older times was known as Kashi or "Shiv ki Nagri". [30] The Pandavas went to Kashi in search of Shiva to atone for their sins of fratricide and bramhanahatya that they had committed during the epic Kurukshetra war of ...
Varanasi is a city in the southeastern part of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi may also refer too: Places ... Kashi (disambiguation) Kasi (disambiguation) ...
The Skanda Purana contains a part titled "Kashi Khanda", while the Brahmavaivarta Purana includes a portion known as "Kashi Rahasya", both of which are dedicated to the city of Varanasi. [19] As per the Kashi Khanda, there were a total of 1099 temples, out of which 513 were specifically devoted to the worship of Shiva. The scripture states that ...
Kingdom of Kashi, an ancient kingdom in the same place, one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas; Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi; Uttarkashi (lit. "The Kashi of North"), a town in Uttarakhand; Kashgar, a city in Xinjiang, China Kashgar Prefecture, the prefecture encompassing the city; Kashi, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
Varanasi Shri Kashi Math (Headquarters) Varanasi: Uttar Pradesh: K 22/87, Brahma Ghat, Varanasi – 221001, (UP IN) Cochin GSB's AD 1540: Shrimad Sudhindra Thirtha Swamiji AD 1977 2: Prayag Shri Kashi Math: Prayag: Uttar Pradesh: 43, Mori Dharaganj, Prayag, Allahabad – 211 006,(UP IN) Shrimad Rajendra Thirtha Swamiji: Shrimad Sudhindra ...
Wai has the epithetic name "Dakshin Kashi" (Kashi or Varanasi of the South) because of the city's more than 100 temples. Wai is known in Maharashtra for its ghats on the banks of the Krishna River and its temples, especially the Dholya ganapati temple on Ganapati Ghat.