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  2. Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    The idol deified in the temple is of black colour and 75 centimetres (30 inches) in height. It is located in Bhelapur about 5 kilometres (3.1 miles) from the centre of Varanasi city and 3 kilometres (1.9 miles) from the Benares Hindu University. It belongs to the Digambar sect of Jainism and is a holy tirtha or pilgrimage centre for Jains.

  3. Benares State - Wikipedia

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    Raja Chait Singh of Benares State The Maharaja's Fort and palace in Ramnagar Maharaja of Benares with his courtiers in the 1870s. Banaras State [1] was an independent state and later princely state comprising the family domains of the Maharaja of Benares—under the East India Company rule, and the British Raj—that from 1911 to 1948 was recognized as a princely state.

  4. SS City of Benares - Wikipedia

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    SS City of Benares was a British steam turbine ocean liner, built for Ellerman Lines by Barclay, Curle & Co of Glasgow in 1936. [1] During the Second World War , City of Benares was used as an evacuee ship to transport 90 children from Britain to Canada .

  5. Ramnagar, Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Ramnagar Fort and its museum are the repository of the history of the kings of Benares and since the 18th century has been the home of Kashi Naresh. [2] Even today the Kashi Naresh is deeply revered by the people of Benares. [2] He is the religious head and the people of Benares consider him the incarnation of Shiva. [2]

  6. List of Hindu temples in Varanasi - Wikipedia

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    Varanasi, also known as Benares, [1] Banaras (Banāras), or Kashi (Kāśī), is the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

  7. Banaras Hindu University - Wikipedia

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    Banaras Hindu University's main campus is located on the southern edge of Varanasi, near the banks of the river Ganges. Development of the main campus, spread over 1,370 acres (5.5 km 2 ), [ 47 ] [ 48 ] started in 1916 on land donated by the then Kashi Naresh Prabhu Narayan Singh .

  8. List of ships named City of Benares - Wikipedia

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    City of Benares (1865), a sailing ship of 1,182 tons. 1881 sold and renamed Ruthin, rigged as barque. [2] Renamed Laugen, 1900. Sank in the Baltic Sea, 10 February 1911. [3] City of Benares (1882), a full-rigged sailing ship of 1,652 gross register tons. Wrecked at Westkapelle, Walcheren on 1 October 1911 [4]

  9. 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 ...