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  2. List of educational institutions in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi (known earlier as Benares) is a city situated on the banks of the River Ganges in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and is approximately 800 kilometers(497 miles) southeast of national capital Delhi. Varanasi is home to an Institute of Eminence, Banaras Hindu University as well as an Institute of National Importance, IIT(BHU) Varanasi.

  3. Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    The extensive stretches of ghats in Varanasi enhance the riverfront with a multitude of shrines, temples, and palaces built "tier on the tier above the water's edge". [43] The Dashashwamedh Ghat is the main and probably the oldest ghat of Varanasi located on the Ganges, close to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple. [citation needed]

  4. Ghats in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    It is derived from Sanskrit, "ghaṭṭa" (Sanskrit: गट्टः).It means an embankment or a landing place. [2]Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, depending on the context could either refer to a range of stepped-hill such as Eastern Ghats and Western Ghats; or the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such bathing or cremation place along the banks of a ...

  5. File:View of Ghats across the Ganges, Varanasi.jpg - Wikipedia

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  6. File:Ganga Mahal Ghat Assi, Varanasi.JPG - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi is a universal heritage city and not just for urban Indian or foreign tourists. [1] Its architectural heritage is the frame of a natural Sun Temple, that rises on the banks of Ganges in the form of an amphitheater, where the Ghats form the platforms, the water the altar and the sun is the epiphany of God.

  7. Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith - Wikipedia

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    Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a public university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.Established on 10 February 1921 as Kashi Vidyapith and later renamed, it is administered under the state legislature of the government of Uttar Pradesh.

  8. Dashashwamedh Ghat - Wikipedia

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    Dashashwamedh Ghat is a main ghat in Varanasi located on the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.It is located close to Vishwanath Temple.There are two Hindu legends associated with the ghat: according to one, Brahma created it to welcome Shiva, and in another, Brahma performed 10 Ashwamegha Yajna, Dasa-Ashwamedha yajna.

  9. File:Gai Ghat, Varanasi.JPG - Wikipedia

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    It is not enough that the Varanasi Development Authority declared it a "heritage zone" [7] ; nor that the UP Government had issued an order (no. 320/9-A-3-2000-127 of February 5, 2000, and 840/9-A-3-2001 of April 11, 2001) prohibiting new constructions within 200 meters from the Ganges river front: because these were not implemented! And there ...