Varanasi

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ancient city city holy city pilgrimage site

Varanasi is an ancient city on the banks of the Ganges in northern India, revered as one of Hinduism’s holiest pilgrimage sites and a major center of religious, cultural, and spiritual life.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
Banaras	4
Benares	3
Old Varanasi	1
Varanasi metropolitan area	1
Varanasi remains a major Hindu religious center	1
city of Varanasi	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient city ⓘ city ⓘ holy city ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Varanasi ⓘ surface form: Banaras Varanasi ⓘ surface form: Benares Kashi ⓘ
associatedReligion	Buddhism ⓘ Hinduism ⓘ Jainism ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
districtHeadquartersOf	Varanasi district ⓘ
famousFor	Banarasi saris ⓘ Ganga Aarti ⓘ ghats ⓘ paan ⓘ silk weaving ⓘ
governingBody	Varanasi Municipal Corporation ⓘ
hasAirport	Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport ⓘ
hasClimate	humid subtropical climate ⓘ
hasFamousGhat	Dashashwamedh Ghat ⓘ Harishchandra Ghat ⓘ Manikarnika Ghat ⓘ
hasFamousTemple	Durga Mandir ⓘ surface form: Durga Temple Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple ⓘ
hasFestivalImportance	important site for Mahashivaratri ⓘ major center for Dev Deepawali celebrations ⓘ major center for Diwali celebrations ⓘ
hasLokSabhaConstituency	Varanasi (Lok Sabha constituency) ⓘ
hasMunicipalStatus	municipal corporation ⓘ
hasNearbyBuddhistSite	Sarnath ⓘ
hasUniversity	Banaras Hindu University ⓘ Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith ⓘ
isConsidered	one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world ⓘ
isCulturalCenterFor	Hindu philosophy ⓘ Sanskrit learning ⓘ classical Hindustani music ⓘ
locatedIn	Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedInRegion	northern India ⓘ
locatedOnNationalHighway	National Highway 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ National Highway 31 NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver	Ganges ⓘ
religiousSignificance	major Hindu pilgrimage destination ⓘ one of Hinduism’s holiest cities ⓘ
representedByProminentMP	Narendra Modi ⓘ
stateCapitalOf	Varanasi district ⓘ surface form: Varanasi division
timeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
transportHubType	railway junction ⓘ
utcOffset	+05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

Kashi → alsoKnownAs → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banaras

Varanasi → alsoKnownAs → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banaras

Varanasi → alsoKnownAs → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benares

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → associatedCity → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banaras

Rani Lakshmibai → birthPlace → Varanasi ⓘ

Jhansi Ki Rani → birthPlace → Varanasi ⓘ

subject surface form: Rani Lakshmibai

Jhansi Ki Rani → birthPlace → Varanasi ⓘ

subject surface form: Rani Lakshmibai

this entity surface form: Benares

Kingdom of Kashi → capital → Varanasi ⓘ

Kingdom of Kashi → centeredOn → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: city of Varanasi

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → cityAlsoKnownAs → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Banaras

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → cityServed → Varanasi ⓘ

Agra Cantt railway station → connectsTo → Varanasi ⓘ

New Delhi Railway Station → connectsTo → Varanasi ⓘ

Agra Fort railway station → connectsToCity → Varanasi ⓘ

United Provinces of Agra and Oudh → contains → Varanasi ⓘ

northern India → containsCity → Varanasi ⓘ

subject surface form: Northern India

United Provinces → containsCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh → containsCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Kingdom of Kashi → culturalContinuityAtCapital → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Varanasi remains a major Hindu religious center

Bengal Army → garrisonLocation → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Benares

Kingdom of Kashi → hasMajorCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Uttar Pradesh → hasMajorCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Kingdom of Kashi → hasSacredCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Hinduism → hasSacredGeography → Varanasi ⓘ

Kingdom of Kashi → hasUrbanCenter → Varanasi ⓘ

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → locatedInCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Sarnath → locatedNear → Varanasi ⓘ

Ganges → majorCityOnRiver → Varanasi ⓘ

Chhath Puja → majorLocation → Varanasi ⓘ

Shaivism → majorPilgrimageSite → Varanasi ⓘ

Kashi → modernOfficialName → Varanasi ⓘ

Sarnath → nearestMajorCity → Varanasi ⓘ

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → serves → Varanasi ⓘ

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → servesMetropolitanArea → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Varanasi metropolitan area

Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport → servesPilgrimageTrafficTo → Varanasi ⓘ

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → situatedInArea → Varanasi ⓘ

this entity surface form: Old Varanasi