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Kāśī was finally conquered for good by Kosala under the latter's king Kaṃsa, shortly before the time of the Buddha, due to which Kaṃsa was nicknamed Barānasiggaho ("seizer of Vārāṇasī"}, and Kāśī was a full part of the kingdom of Kosala by the time of the Kauśalya king Mahākosala. [6]
English: Ganga Dwar (गंगा द्वार), Gateway of corridor that connects the ghats of Ganges with Kashi Vishwanath Temple. The Gateway was built in 2019-2021 as a part of Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project to resolve overcrowding around the area.
During the time of Gautama Buddha, Varanasi was part of the Kingdom of Kashi. [43] The celebrated Chinese traveller Xuanzang , also known as Hiuen Tsiang, who visited the city around 635 CE, attested that the city was a centre of religious and artistic activities, and that it extended for about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) along the western bank of ...
As a part of "Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav" to uphold the Spirit of "Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat", and to expand the relevancy of National Education Policy 2020, a proposal was made before the Ministry of Education, Government of India aiming to rediscover the age-old links of knowledge and civilization between the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the Holy City Varanasi (also known as Kashi).
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 ...
Kashi Yatra (Sanskrit: काशीयात्रा, romanized: Kāśīyātrā, lit. 'Pilgrimage to Kashi') refers to the yatra (pilgrimage) to the city of Kashi ( Varanasi ) in Hinduism . [ 1 ]
The head of the World Health Organization said on social media platform X on Thursday he had been discharged from a hospital in Rio de Janeiro after being admitted overnight. "I felt unwell ...
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 ...