city which is the oldest living in human memory, which finds mention in the Rig Veda and where death is believed to bring mukti, 
Varanasi with its much photographed 84 ghats forms one of the most fascinating backdrops to the mosaic of the physical and the metaphysical, the earthly and the spiritual. In its serpentine galis, with names as evocative as Khoya and Kachauri, exist hundreds of temples and hotels where the devout come to wait for death. It also houses the Bharat Mata temple, the only one dedicated to the motherland. Shenhai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, one of the city’s best loved sons, had after the 2006 serial blasts that rocked the city famously remarked, “In Kashi every Hindu is a Muslim and every Muslim a Hindu.” Besides its spirituality, Varanasi’s other famous exports are its silk and hand woven carpets. The city also has the Benares Hindu University with a student strength of 20,000.
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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2009
Varanasi with its much photographed 84 ghats forms one of the most fascinating backdrops to the mosaic of the physical and the metaphysical, the earthly and the spiritual. In its serpentine galis, with names as evocative as Khoya and Kachauri, exist hundreds of temples and hotels where the devout come to wait for death. It also houses the Bharat Mata temple, the only one dedicated to the motherland. Shenhai maestro Ustad Bismillah Khan, one of the city’s best loved sons, had after the 2006 serial blasts that rocked the city famously remarked, “In Kashi every Hindu is a Muslim and every Muslim a Hindu.” Besides its spirituality, Varanasi’s other famous exports are its silk and hand woven carpets. The city also has the Benares Hindu University with a student strength of 20,000.For Complete IIPM Article, Click on IIPM Article
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2009
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