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  2. Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi Junction, commonly known as Varanasi Cantt Railway Station, is the city's largest railway station. More than 360,000 passengers and 240 trains pass through each day. [264] Banaras railway station is also a Terminal station of Varanasi. Because of huge rush at Varanasi Junction, the railway station was developed as a high facilitated ...

  3. List of tourist attractions in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi is one of the most prominent tourist places in India. The city attracts millions of domestic and international tourists. [1] The temples across the city attract pilgrims. The ghats and the Buddhist site Sarnath attract tourists from abroad. Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in the world, which makes it rich with cultural heritage. [2]

  4. Kashi Vishwanath Temple - Wikipedia

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    It is located in Vishwanath Gali, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple is a Hindu pilgrimage site and is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines. The presiding deity is known by the names Vishwanath and Vishweshwara (IAST: Viśvanātha and Viśveśvara), meaning Lord of the Universe.

  5. List of Hindu temples in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi is an ancient city with deep spiritual roots and significance for the Hindus and it reflects this heritage in over a thousand temples. Varanasi, also known as Benares, [ 1 ] Banaras ( Banāras ), or Kashi ( Kāśī ), is the holiest of the seven sacred cities ( Sapta Puri ) in Hinduism and Jainism , and played an important role in the ...

  6. Religion in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Hindu pilgrimage sites - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi known as Kashi is one of the holiest pilgrimage sites. Kodlamane Shree Vishnumurthy Temple Tirupati temple Shakumbhari devi, right side Bhima and Bhramari left side Goddess Shatakshi Ancient Temple of Shakumbhari devi is near Saharanpur UP

  8. Ghats in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Formally this was part of the preceding ghat, but after the construction of V.S.Mehta hospital (1962), this is known to the name of latter one. 62 Rama Ghat 63 Jatara Ghat 64 Raja Gwalior Ghat 65 Mangala Gauri Ghat (also known as Bala Ghat) 66 Venimadhava Ghat part of the Pancaganga Ghat and also known as Vindu Madhava Ghat 67 Panchaganga Ghat 68

  9. Assi Ghat - Wikipedia

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    Assi Ghat is the southernmost ghat in Varanasi. [1] To most visitors to Varanasi, it is known for being a place where long-term foreign students, researchers, and tourists live. [ 2 ] The ghat hosts Subah-e-Banaras, a cultural and spiritual event, in the mornings.

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