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Varanasi,

1910

Alamgir Mosque and Ghat, Benares

Riverside view in Benares, holy city of India.

Varanasi, also known as Benares or Kashi, is a famous Hindu holy city situated on the banks of the river Ganges (Ganga) in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world, dating back thousands of years and contemporaneous with the Sumer civilisation.