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Categories: Cities in Uttar Pradesh, Articles with short description, All Wikipedia articles written in Indian English, Former capital cities in India, Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC
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Varanasi  Benares  Banaras  Banaras, Uttar Pradesh  Benaras
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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. Wikipedia
English:
Benares
Geonames
Definitions
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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. Wikipedia
City on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of India Wikidata
A large city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Wiktionary
City in India. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
city
holy city
big city
million city
PART OF
Purvanchal
CAPITAL OF
Varanasi division
Varanasi district
Kingdom of Kashi
Benares State
Narayan dynasty
COUNTRY
India
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
DIFFERENT FROM
Varanasi division
LOCATED IN OR NEXT TO BODY OF WATER
Ganges
Varuna River
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Varanasi district
LOCATED IN TIME ZONE
UTC+05:30
MEMBER OF
League of Historical Cities
Creative Cities Network
SHARES BORDER WITH
Azamgarh
Wikipedia
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Varanasi
Wikidata
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Varanasi
GeoNames
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Benares, Varanasi
Wiktionary
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Varanasi
Wikipedia Redirections
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Banaras, Banaras, Uttar Pradesh, Benaras, Benares, Bénarès, education in Varanasi, Healthcare in Varanasi, History of Varanasi, Kashi (Varanasi), Kashi Wishwanath, Kāshi, Kāśi, Kāśī, Mosques in Varanasi, Sigra (Varanasi), Tourism in Varanasi, Varanasi, India, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Varanasi, Varanasi district, Varanasi (Benares), Varansi, Varnasi, Vārānasi, Vārānasī, Vārāṇasī
Wikidata Alias
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Banaras, Benaras, Benares, Kashi

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