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Travel to Varanasi Tour Packages
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India Varanasi Tours - The holy
city of Varanasi is known as the
city of temples and education,
it is a place of immense historical
and cultural importance. It is
situated on the banks of the holy
river Ganges and is presided over
by Lord Shiva. It is the focal
point of the fusion of cultures,
religions and races.
The riverbanks of the city is
adorned by numerous nicely ghats
which is an exclusive feature.
The holy Buddhist place, Sarnath
is in its confines. Tours for Varanasi is
the premiere most place of spiritual
learning. At the same time it
is keeping pace with modern sophisticated
knowledge.
It has three universities, a Tibetan
Institute and an Institute of
Arabic Studies. The city is famous
for silk fabrics, perfumes, creative
brass and copper merchandise and
a selection of handicrafts.
It is an important hub of literature,
art and culture. It has produced
big and renowned poets, writers,
musicians and scholars. This vibrant
city of bliss, knowledge and liberation
has a captivating attraction towards
people all over the world
In Benares there is a fable, which
states that the fifth head of
Bhrama, which clung to Shiva's
palms, came out only after he
reached Travel Tours to Varanasi.
Tours for Varanasi has been mentioned in
the Tamil hymns. It has been mentioned
in the scriptures such as the
Bhramanas, Upanishads, Kavyas
and Puranas. It is the oldest
center of learning, and is energetic,
with centuries of tradition.
Benares has the Kaasi Visweswara
temple, preserving one of the
twelve Jyotirlingams of Shiva.
This temple was destroyed and
rebuilt several times. It is the
center of interest of the millions
of pilgrims who converge here,
to perform rituals on the sacred
Jyotirlingam, with water from
the Ganges.
Benares is also considered to
be one of the Shakti Peethas of
India. It is believed that the
left hand of Sati fell at Tours for Varanasi Travels,
and that Annapurna or Visalakshi
represent the Shakti Peetham here.
Apart from these temples, there
are five other sacred spots in
Benares. The Asi-Ganga sangamam,
at Lolarka houses a temple to
the Sun God. The rivers Ganga
and Varana join at a spot where
there is a shrine to Kesava. The
Panchaganga Ghat there is a temple
called Bindu-Madhava. It is believed
that five rivers Kirana, Ganga,
Yamuna, Saraswati and Dhuta-papa
join here. The Dasaswamedha Ghat
it is held that the ancient kings
performed the aswamedha sacrifice
ten times and took a dip in the
Ganga.
The last sacred spots is the Manikarnika
Ghat. Legend has it that Vishnu
dug a pit with his chakra, and
his sweat filled the pit. Shiva
shook his head and his earring
fell into the pit, hence the name
Manikarnika. rituals says that
those that die at Benares and
get cremated at the Manikarnika
ghat, get liberated from the cycle
of life and death.
Hyuen Tsang, a Chinese traveller
visited Travel Tours to Varanasi in the 7th century.
His travel accounts speak of the
grandeur of the city and of its
temples. This writer describes
a hundred feet high statue of
Shiva Maheshwara made of brass
that adorned the city.
Several other temples and shrines
adorn the city of Benares. Virtually
every block houses a place of
worship here. Shivaratri is a
season of festivity at Benares.
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