Varanasi
Proper noun
Meaning
Varanasi
A large city in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Sukriya. An image can never be the real thing. Varanasi is where the Ganga flows, where I can play the Shehnai for Lord Balaji. I shall be at home, nowhere else but in India.
Varanasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
According to Awasthi, the highest number of foreign nationals with Tablighi connection is in Meerut (169), followed Varanasi (27) and Bareilly (25).
Along with his beloved, Jagannatha sits at the top of the flight of steps leading to the water at the famous Panchganga Ghat in Varanasi.
Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend (ISBN 0-500-51088-1) by Anna L. Dallapiccola * Varanasi: Varanasi (Benares) is considered to be the city specially loved by Shiva, and is one of the holiest places of pilgrimage in India.
Bhajan artists and flute and shenai players performed live on the platform and a group of 11 priests blessed the train at the Varanasi Cantonment station as giant screens showed PM Modi flagging off the train in remote from a different location.