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Country INDIA VARANASI (regional info) BOOK HOTEL RESERVATIONS ONLINE OR BY LIVE TELEPHONE SUPPORT 24/7 US and Canada: 1-800-780-5733 Europe: 00-800-11-20-11-40 Use reference code: 47909 Cash Back Booking Incentives Room Sales and Hot Deals Special Internet Rate Price Guarantee HHI VARANASI Varanasi Hotel Clarks Varanasi Radisson Hotel Varanasi Ramada Plaza JHV Varanasi The Gateway Hotel Ganges Varanasi Varanasi Regional Directory Google Images: Varanasi Google Video: Varanasi Google Map: Varanasi Wikipedia: Varanasi Customer Service & Support Airline Tickets Group Hotel Bookings Travel Weblog and Live Chat Travel Forum Varanasi also commonly known as Benares or Banaras is a city situated on the left (west) bank of the River Ganga (Ganges) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, regarded as holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, and one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world. The culture of Varanasi is closely associated with the River Ganges and the river's religious importance. The city has been a cultural and religious centre in northern India for several thousand years. The Benares Gharana form Indian classical music developed in Varanasi, and many prominent Indian philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians resided or reside in Varanasi, which includes Kabir, Ravi Das, Munshi Premchand, Jaishankar Prasad, Acharya Ram Chandra Shukla, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Hariprasad Chaurasia, and Ustad Bismillah Khan. Tulsidas wrote his Ramacharitamanas there, and Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath near Kashi. Ayurveda is said to have originated at Varanasi. Varanasi is home to the Banaras Hindu University. Residents mainly speak Kashika Bhojpuri, which is closely related to the Hindi language. People often refer to Varanasi as "the city of temples", "the holy city of India", "the religious capital of India", "the city of lights", "the city of learning" and the "culture capital of India". American writer Mark Twain wrote, " Benares is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together." read full wikipedia reference about Varanasi, India OTHER POPULAR DESTINATIONS IN INDIA All available cities in India Agra Ahmedabad Amritsar Aurangabad Bangalore Bhopal Bhubaneswar Bikaner Calcutta Chennai Cochin Darjeeling Goa Hassan Hyderabad Jaipur Jaisalmer Jammu Jodhpur Kovalam Madurai Mamallapuram Manali Mumbai Mussoorie Mysore Nainital New Delhi Pune Shimla Thiruvananthapuram Udaipur Varanasi Visakhapatnum

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