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The short story about an ancient city of Varanasi

by "Manish Maurya"    13 Oct 2020, 01:58 PM
The short story about an ancient city of Varanasi

Varanasi is a city of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi is an ancient city in the world, the oldest name is Kashi. It is also called the spiritual capital of India. the city draws Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River’s sacred waters and perform funeral rites. Along the city's winding streets are more than 2,000 temples. Living and eating here is a completely different style. We will see in the morning that something happens in the city and by the evening something is happening in the city. It seems as if everything has changed. This is why it is one of the wonderful cities.

Some famous facts,

  • There are some famous temples, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Goddess Durga Temple, Sankat Mochan Temple(Hanuman Mandir), Manas Mandir(Ram and Sita Temple), Vishwanath Temple(BHU), Baba Kaal Bhairav Mandir, etc. 
  • Varanasi grew as an important industrial center famous for its muslin and silk fabrics, perfumes, ivory works, and sculpture. 
  • Buddha is believed to have founded Buddhism here around 528 BCE when he gave his first sermon, "The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dharma".
  • The city is situated along with the mother Ganga river and tourists can have to enjoy by boat riding in the Ganga. 
  • The world-famous ceremony of the  Dashashwamedh ghat which held every morning and evening.
  • Pilgrims come to this city to get "Moksha"  therefor It is 24 hours crematorium go on. 
  • Two ghats are famous for crematorium first is Manikarnika, second is Harishchandra ghat. 
  • Vibhuti Narayan Singh was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, king palace is established cross the river which place called Ramnagar. 
  • The tradition of staging the Ramlila at Ramnagar, Varanasi, which lies across the Ganga river from the Hindu pilgrimage city of Varanasi, was started in 1830 by Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh, Kashi Naresh with the help of Pandit Laxmi Narayan Pandey's family (present  Vyas Ji of the Ramlila of Ramnagar).
  • Four famous universities in the city, Banaras Hindu University, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith, Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies