Kashi

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Hindu pilgrimage site ancient city city holy city

Kashi, also known as Varanasi, is one of Hinduism’s holiest and oldest continuously inhabited cities, revered as a major center of pilgrimage, ritual, and learning on the banks of the Ganges River.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu pilgrimage site ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ
city ⓘ
holy city ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Varanasi ⓘ
surface form: Banaras

Varanasi ⓘ
ancientName Kashi self-link ⓘ
consideredAbodeOf Shiva ⓘ
country India ⓘ
governedBy Varanasi Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport ⓘ
hasDeity Shiva ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution Banaras Hindu University ⓘ
Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies ⓘ
Sampurnanand Sanskrit University ⓘ
hasFestival Diwali ⓘ
surface form: Dev Deepawali

Dussehra ⓘ
surface form: Ganga Dussehra

Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
surface form: Mahashivaratri
hasJyotirlinga Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga
hasMajorGhat Assi Ghat ⓘ
Dashashwamedh Ghat ⓘ
Harishchandra Ghat ⓘ
Manikarnika Ghat ⓘ
hasMajorTemple Durga Mandir ⓘ
Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple ⓘ
Tulsi Manas Mandir ⓘ
hasRailwayStation Varanasi Junction ⓘ
surface form: Banaras railway station

Varanasi Junction ⓘ
hasUNESCOStatus tentative list for World Heritage Site (historic city of Varanasi) ⓘ
isOneOf Sapta Puri ⓘ
seven holiest cities in Hinduism ⓘ
knownFor Ganga Aarti ⓘ
Hindu pilgrimage ⓘ
Sanskrit learning ⓘ
classical music ⓘ
cremation ghats ⓘ
religious rituals ⓘ
silk weaving ⓘ
locatedBetweenRivers Assi River ⓘ
Varuna River ⓘ
locatedIn northern India ⓘ
locatedInDistrict Varanasi district ⓘ
locatedInRegion Purvanchal ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
mentionedInText Mahabharata ⓘ
Puranas ⓘ
Rigveda ⓘ
modernOfficialName Varanasi ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
state Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
timezone Indian Standard Time ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Varanasi → alsoKnownAs → Kashi ⓘ
Kashi → ancientName → Kashi self-link ⓘ
Jhansi Ki Rani → birthPlace → Kashi ⓘ
subject surface form: Rani Lakshmibai
Kingdom of Kashi → capital → Kashi ⓘ