Varanasi (ind)

Varanasi

Varanasi ranks 1,039th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Tenochtitlan, Borås, and Kamakura. Memorable people born in Varanasi include Kabir, Rani of Jhansi, and Ravi Shankar. Memorable people who died in Varanasi include Premchand, Ravidas, and Lahiri Mahasaya. Varanasi has been the birth place of many politicians and philosophers and the death place of many philosophers and politicians. Varanasi is located in India.

Varanasi is a city on the Ganges river in northern India that has a central place in the traditions of pilgrimage, death, and mourning in the Hindu world. The city has a syncretic tradition of Islamic artisanship that underpins its religious tourism. Located in the middle-Ganges valley in the southeastern part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi lies on the left bank of the river. It is 692 kilometres (430 mi) to the southeast of India's capital New Delhi and 320 kilometres (200 mi) to the southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It lies 121 kilometres (75 mi) downstream of Prayagraj, where the confluence with the Yamuna river is another major Hindu pilgrimage site. Read more on Wikipedia