Varanasi, the Glossary
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) 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.[1]
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- Cities and towns in Varanasi district
Additional director general of police
The Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) is a senior rank in the Indian Police Service (IPS).
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Additional superintendent of police
Additional Superintendent of Police (abbreviated as Addl. SP or ADSP) or Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, is a rank in Indian police forces.
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Adi Shankara
Adi Shankara (8th c. CE), also called Adi Shankaracharya (lit), was an Indian Vedic scholar and teacher (acharya) of Advaita Vedanta.
Administrative divisions of Uttar Pradesh
The northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, which borders Nepal, comprises 18 administrative divisions.
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Agni
Agni (अग्नि) is the Hindu god of fire.
Agra
Agra is a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, about south-east of the national capital Delhi and 330 km west of the state capital Lucknow. Varanasi and Agra are cities in Uttar Pradesh, former capital cities in India and Metropolitan cities in India.
Ahilyabai Holkar
Ahilyabai Holkar (31 May 1725 – 13 August 1795), also spelled Ahalya Bai, was the Rajamata of Indore, within the Maratha Confederacy.
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Aj (newspaper)
Aj (translit) is a Hindi language daily broadsheet newspaper in India, currently published from 12 cities in the Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand states.
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Akbar
Abu'l-Fath Jalal-ud-din Muhammad Akbar (–), popularly known as Akbar the Great, and also as Akbar I, was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605.
Alamgir Mosque
The Alamgir Mosque or Aurangzeb's Mosque is a mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Amar Ujala
Amar Ujala is a Hindi-language daily newspaper published in India which was founded in 1948.
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin.
Amphitheatre
An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports.
Annapurna (goddess)
Annapurna, Annapurneshwari, Annada or Annapoorna (Sanskrit: अन्नपूर्णा, IAST: Annapūrṇa, lit. filled with or possessed of food) is a manifestation of Parvati and is known as the Hindu goddess of food and nourishment.
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Annapurna Devi Mandir
Annapurna Devi Mandir (अन्नपूर्णा देवी मंदिर), also known as Annapurna Mata Mandir and Annapurna Mandir, is one of the most famous Hindu temples (Mandir) in the holy city of Varanasi.
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Annie Besant
Annie Besant (Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, freemason, women's rights and Home Rule activist, educationist, and campaigner for Indian nationalism.
Arba'in
In Shia Islam, Arba'in (lit) marks forty days after Ashura, which is the martyrdom anniversary of Husayn ibn Ali, grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the third Shia imam.
Archaeological Survey of India
The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is an Indian government agency that is responsible for archaeological research and the conservation and preservation of cultural historical monuments in the country.
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Arti (Hinduism)
Arti or Arati is a Hindu ritual employed in worship, part of a puja, in which light from a flame (fuelled by camphor, ghee, or oil) is ritually waved to venerate deities.
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Ashvamedha
The Ashvamedha (translit-std) was a horse sacrifice ritual followed by the Śrauta tradition of Vedic religion.
Asur (TV series)
Asur is an Indian Hindi-language psychological crime thriller streaming television series.
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Aurangzeb
Muhi al-Din Muhammad (3 November 1618 – 3 March 1707), commonly known as italics, was the sixth Mughal emperor, reigning from 1658 until his death in 1707.
Auto rickshaw
An auto rickshaw is a motorized version of the pulled rickshaw or cycle rickshaw.
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Awadhi language
Awadhi, also known as Audhi, is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Awadh region of Uttar Pradesh in northern India and in Terai region of western Nepal.
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Ayodhya
Ayodhya is a city situated on the banks of the Sarayu river in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Ayodhya are ancient Indian cities, former capital cities in India and hindu holy cities.
Ayurveda
Ayurveda is an alternative medicine system with historical roots in the Indian subcontinent.
Azamgarh
Azamgarh is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Azamgarh are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Baldev Upadhyaya
Baldev Upadhyaya (10 October 1899 – 10 August 1999) was a Hindi and Sanskrit scholar, literary historian, essayist and critic.
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Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University (BHU) (IAST: kāśī hindū viśvavidyālaya IPA: /kaːʃiː hɪnd̪uː ʋɪʃwəʋid̪jaːləj/) is a collegiate, central, and research university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, and founded in 1916. The university incorporated the Central Hindu College, founded by Indian Home Rule-leaguer and Theosophist, Annie Besant in 1898.
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Banaras Locomotive Works
The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), formerly Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), is a production unit of Indian Railways situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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Banaras railway station
Banaras railway station (station code: BSBS), formerly known as Manduadih railway station, is situated in Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Banarasi Babu
Banarasi Babu may refer to.
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Banarasi sari
A Banarasi sari is a sari made in Varanasi, an ancient city which is also called Benares (Banaras).
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Banda, Uttar Pradesh
Banda is a city and a municipal board in Banda district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Banda, Uttar Pradesh are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
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Bangalore
Bangalore, officially Bengaluru (ISO: Beṁgaḷūru), is the capital and largest city of the southern Indian state of Karnataka. Varanasi and Bangalore are Metropolitan cities in India.
Barhi, Hazaribagh
Barhi is a census town and headquarters of a subdivision in the Barhi CD block in the Barhi subdivision of the Hazaribagh district in the state of Jharkhand, India.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
Basti, Uttar Pradesh
Basti is a city, municipal board and administrative headquarters of Basti district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Basti, Uttar Pradesh are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
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Battle of Chandawar
The Battle of Chandawar was fought in 1194 between Muhammad of Ghor and Jayachandra of the Gahadavala dynasty.
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Benares Estate
Banaras Estate was a large zamindari estate in the United Provinces in British India.
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Benares gharana
Benares gharānā (Hindi: बनारस घराना) is one of the six most common styles of playing of the Indian tabla.
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Bengali language
Bengali, also known by its endonym Bangla (বাংলা), is an Indo-Aryan language from the Indo-European language family native to the Bengal region of South Asia.
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Betel
Betel (Piper betle) is a species of flowering plant in the pepper family Piperaceae, native to Southeast Asia.
Betel nut chewing
Betel nut chewing, also called betel quid chewing or areca nut chewing, is a practice in which areca nuts (also called "betel nuts") are chewed together with slaked lime and betel leaves for their stimulant and narcotic effects, the primary psychoactive compound being arecoline.
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Bhadohi district
Bhadohi district is a district of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
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Bhakti movement
The Bhakti movement was a significant religious movement in medieval Hinduism that sought to bring religious reforms to all strata of society by adopting the method of devotion to achieve salvation.
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Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is an Indian central public sector undertaking and the largest government-owned power generation equipment manufacturer.
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Bharat Kala Bhavan
Bharat Kala Bhavan is a university museum located in Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India.
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Bharat Mata Mandir
Bharat Mata Mandir (meaning "Mother India Temple") is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith campus in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Bharat Milap
Bharat Milap is a Bollywood film based on Ramayana.
Bharat Ratna
The Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India) is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.
Bharata (Ramayana)
Bharata (भरत) is the younger brother of Rama in Hindu epic Ramayana, and the regent of Ayodhya during Rama's exile.
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Bharatendu Harishchandra
Bharatendu Harishchandra (9 September 18506 January 1885) was an Indian poet, writer and playwright.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a political party in India and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress.
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Bhima
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Bhima (भीम) is the second among the five Pandavas.
Bhogabir
Bhogabir is a very large colony situated near Banaras Hindu University, in Varanasi in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India, and near the very famous Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple.
Bhojpuri language
Bhojpuri (IPA:; Devanagari:, Kaithi) is an Indo-Aryan language native to the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India and the Terai region of Nepal and.
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Bhojpuri people
The Bhojpuri people, also known as Bhojpuriya-sawb (Devanagari: भोजपुरीया सब; Kaithi: 𑂦𑂷𑂔𑂣𑂳𑂩𑂲𑂨𑂰 𑂮𑂥; Romanized: bhojapuriyā sab) are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group from the Indian subcontinent who speak the Bhojpuri-language and inhabit the Bhojpur-Purvanchal region.
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Bhonsle (clan)
The Bhonsle (or Bhonsale, Bhosale, Bhosle) are a prominent group within the Maratha clan system.
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Bhulanpur railway station
Bhulanpur railway station is a small railway station in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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Bhumihar
Bhumihar, also locally called Bhuinhar and Babhan, is a Hindu caste mainly found in Bihar (including the Mithila region), the Purvanchal region of Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh, and Nepal.
Bibliography of Varanasi
This is a bibliography of notable works about Varanasi.
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Bihar
Bihar is a state in Eastern India.
Bismillah Khan
Ustad Bismillah Khan (born Qamaruddin Khan, 21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006), often referred to by the title Ustad, was an Indian musician credited with popularizing the shehnai, a reeded woodwind instrument.
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Brahma
Brahma (ब्रह्मा) is a Hindu god, referred to as "the Creator" within the Trimurti, the trinity of supreme divinity that includes Vishnu and Shiva.
Brahmahatya
Brahmahatya, also rendered Brahmanahatya is the Sanskrit term for "the killing of a Brahmin".
British Raj
The British Raj (from Hindustani, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent,.
Buddhism
Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.
Cambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.
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Ceded and Conquered Provinces
The Ceded and Conquered Provinces constituted a region in northern India that was ruled by the British East India Company from 1805 to 1834; it corresponded approximately—in present-day India—to all regions in Uttar Pradesh state with the exception of the Lucknow and Faizabad divisions of Awadh; in addition, it included the Delhi territory and, after 1816, the Kumaun division and a large part of the Garhwal division of present-day Uttarakhand state.
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Central Board of Secondary Education
The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) is a national level board of education in India for public and private schools, controlled and managed by the Government of India.
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Central Hindu School
Central Hindu School, located in Kamachha at the heart of the sacred city Varanasi, is one of India's largest educational institutions.
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Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies
The Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies (CIHTS), formerly called Central University for Tibetan Studies (CUTS), is a Deemed University founded in Sarnath, Varanasi, India, in 1967, as an autonomous organisation under Union Ministry of Culture.
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Chakia, Uttar Pradesh
Chakia (sometimes written as Chakiya) is a small town (nagar panchayat) and the sub-divisional headquarters of Chakia Tehsil in the District of Chandauli of Varanasi Division in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Chandauli
Chandauli is a town and a nagar panchayat in Chandauli district in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India.
Chandradeva
Chandradeva (IAST: Candradeva, r. c. 1072–1103 CE), also known as Chandraditya, was an Indian king from the Gahadavala dynasty.
Charles Umpherston Aitchison
Sir Charles Umpherston Aitchison (20 May 1832 – 18 February 1896) was a Scottish colonial administrator who was Lieutenant Governor of the Punjab, then a province of British India.
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Chhath
Chhath is an ancient Hindu festival, native to the Indian subcontinent and of heritage to the Indo-Nepalese.
Chitrakoot district
Chitrakoot district is one of the districts of Uttar Pradesh state of India in the Bundelkhand region and Chitrakoot city is the district headquarters.
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Christianity
Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.
Chunar
Chunar is a city located in Mirzapur district of Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
Cinema of South India
Cinema of South India, refers to the cinema of the four major film industries in South India; primarily engaged in making feature films in the four major languages of the region, namely Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam.
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Commissioner of Police (India)
Commissioners of Police (also known as Police Commissioners) in India are IPS officers who head the police force in a police commissionerate.
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Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game that is played between two teams of eleven players on a field, at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps.
Dainik Jagran
Dainik Jagran (translit) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper.
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Dashashwamedh Ghat
Dashashwamedh Ghat is a main ghat in Varanasi located on the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh.
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Delhi
Delhi, officially the National Capital Territory (NCT) of Delhi (ISO: Rāṣṭrīya Rājadhānī Kṣētra Dillī), is a city and a union territory of India containing New Delhi, the capital of India. Varanasi and Delhi are Metropolitan cities in India.
Department of Home and Confidential
The Department of Home and Confidential (IAST) or Home Department serves as the ministry of the interior of the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
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Deputy inspector general of police
A Deputy Inspector General of Police (abbreviated as DIG) is a high-ranking official position in Police in India, Bangladesh, Kenya, Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Nigeria and Sri Lanka.
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Dev Deepavali (Varanasi)
The Dev Deepavali ('Festival of Lights of the Gods') is the festival of Kartik Poornima celebrated in the city of Varanasi in Bhojpuri region of Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Devaki Nandan Khatri
Devaki Nandan Khatri (18 June 1861– 1 August 1913) was an Indian writer who lived in Varanasi and wrote the historic fiction fantasy novel Chandrakanta.
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Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta
The Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta (Pali; Sanskrit: Dharmacakrapravartana Sūtra; English: The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of the Dhamma Sutta or Promulgation of the Law Sutta) is a Buddhist scripture that is considered by Buddhists to be a record of the first sermon given by Gautama Buddha, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath.
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Dharamshala (type of building)
A dharamshala, also written as dharmashala, is a public resthouse or shelter in the Indian subcontinent.
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Dharma
Dharma (धर्म) is a key concept with multiple meanings in the Indian religions (Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Sikhism), among others.
Dhritarashtra
Dhritarashtra (धृतराष्ट्र, ISO-15919: Dhr̥tarāṣṭra) was a Kuru king, and the father of the Kauravas in the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
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Dhrupad
Dhrupad is a genre in Hindustani classical music from the Indian subcontinent.
Dhrupad Mela
Dhrupad Mela is an annual music festival held in Varanasi, India.
Dhurrie
A dhurrie (also dhurri, durrie, durry or dari) is an Indian or Pakistani handwoven rug or a thin flat carpet, an item of home furnishing.
District magistrate
The district magistrate, also known as the district collector or deputy commissioner, is a career civil servant who serves as the executive head of a district's administration in India.
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Diurnal cycle
A diurnal cycle (or diel cycle) is any pattern that recurs every 24 hours as a result of one full rotation of the planet Earth around its axis.
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Divisional commissioner
A Divisional Commissioner, also known as Commissioner of division, is an Indian Administrative Service officer who serves as the administrator of a division of a state in India.
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Doordarshan
Doordarshan (abbreviated as DD) is an Indian state-owned public television broadcaster founded by the Government of India, owned by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and one of Prasar Bharati's two divisions.
Dr Sampurnanand Sports Stadium
Dr Sampurnanand Multipurpose Sports Stadium, nicknamed Sigra Stadium, is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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Durga
Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.
Durga Mandir, Varanasi
Durga Mandir (Hindi: दुर्गा मंदिर), also known as Durga Kund Mandir and Durga Temple, is one of the most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi.
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Duryodhana
Duryodhana (दुर्योधन), also known as Suyodhana, is the primary antagonist in the Hindu epic Mahabharata. He was the eldest of the Kauravas, the hundred sons of the king Dhritarashtra and his queen Gandhari.
Dvārakā
Dvārakā, also known as Dvāravatī (Sanskrit द्वारका "the gated ", possibly meaning having many gates, or alternatively having one or several very grand gates), is a sacred historic city in the sacred literature of Hinduism, Jainism, and Buddhism. Varanasi and Dvārakā are hindu holy cities.
Dynasty
A dynasty is a sequence of rulers from the same family,Oxford English Dictionary, "dynasty, n." Oxford University Press (Oxford), 1897.
East Central Railway zone
The East Central Railway (abbreviated ECR) is one of the 19 railway zones in India.
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East India Company
The East India Company (EIC) was an English, and later British, joint-stock company founded in 1600 and dissolved in 1874.
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Eduard Sachau
Carl Eduard Sachau (20 July 1845 – 17 September 1930) was a German orientalist.
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Edwin Lord Weeks
Edwin Lord Weeks (1849–1903) was an American artist, noted for his Orientalist works.
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Eid al-Adha
Eid al-Adha is the second of the two main holidays in Islam alongside Eid al-Fitr.
Elections in India
India has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution, with power distributed between the union government and the states.
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Electric rickshaw
Electric rickshaws (also known as electric tuk-tuks, e-rickshaws, Totos and e-tricycles) are small 3-wheeled vehicles powered by an electric battery and motor.
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Encyclopædia Britannica
The British Encyclopaedia is a general knowledge English-language encyclopaedia.
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Enlightenment in Buddhism
The English term enlightenment is the Western translation of various Buddhist terms, most notably bodhi and vimutti.
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Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University
Faculty of Arts, Banaras Hindu University is a faculty in the Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India which offers courses in Humanities along with various professional and vocational courses except social sciences.
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Female
An organism's sex is female (symbol: ♀) if it produces the ovum (egg cell), the type of gamete (sex cell) that fuses with the male gamete (sperm cell) during sexual reproduction.
Field hockey
Field hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with 11 players in total, made up of 10 field players and a goalkeeper.
Flute
The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group.
Fratricide
Fratricide (– the assimilated root of 'to kill, cut down') is the act of killing one's own brother.
Gahadavala dynasty
The Gahadavala dynasty (IAST: Gāhaḍavālas) also Gahadavalas of Kannauj was a Hindu Kshatriya Rajput dynasty that ruled parts of the present-day Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, during 11th and 12th centuries.
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Ganges
The Ganges (in India: Ganga,; in Bangladesh: Padma). "The Ganges Basin, known in India as the Ganga and in Bangladesh as the Padma, is an international river which goes through India, Bangladesh, Nepal and China." is a trans-boundary river of Asia which flows through India and Bangladesh. The -long river rises in the western Himalayas in the Indian state of Uttarakhand.
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1
Gangs of Wasseypur – Part 1 is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language epic black comedy crime film directed by Anurag Kashyap, and written by Kashyap and Zeishan Quadri.
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Ghat
Ghat, a term used in the Indian subcontinent, refer to the series of steps leading down to a body of water or wharf, such as a bathing or cremation place along the banks of a river or pond, the Ghats in Varanasi, Dhobi Ghat or the Aapravasi Ghat.
Ghats in Varanasi
Ghats in Varanasi are riverfront steps leading to the banks of the Ganges river.
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Ghazipur
Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Ghazipur are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Ghurid dynasty
The Ghurid dynasty (also spelled Ghorids; translit; self-designation: شنسبانی, Šansabānī) was a Persianate dynasty of presumably eastern Iranian Tajik origin, which ruled from the 8th-century in the region of Ghor, and became an Empire from 1175 to 1215.
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Girija Devi
Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras gharanas.
Google Maps
Google Maps is a web mapping platform and consumer application offered by Google.
Gopal Shankar Misra
Gopal Shankar Mishra (born 13 August 1957-1999) was an Indian musician and music teacher, who played the vichitra veena.
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Gopi Krishna (dancer)
Gopi Krishna (22 August 1935 – 18 February 1994) was an Indian Kathak dancer, actor and choreographer.
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Gorakhpur district
Gorakhpur district is one of the 75 districts of Uttar Pradesh state in northern India.
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Government of Uttar Pradesh
The Government of Uttar Pradesh (ISO: Uttara Pradēśa Sarakāra; often abbreviated as GoUP) is the subnational government of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh with the governor as its appointed constitutional head of the state by the President of India.
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Grand Trunk Road
The Grand Trunk Road (formerly known as Uttarapath, Sarak-e-Azam, Shah Rah-e-Azam, Badshahi Sarak, and Long Walk) is one of Asia's oldest and longest major roads.
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Gross domestic product
Gross domestic product (GDP) is a monetary measure of the market value of all the final goods and services produced and rendered in a specific time period by a country or countries.
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Guerrilla warfare
Guerrilla warfare is a form of unconventional warfare in which small groups of irregular military, such as rebels, partisans, paramilitary personnel or armed civilians including recruited children, use ambushes, sabotage, terrorism, raids, petty warfare or hit-and-run tactics in a rebellion, in a violent conflict, in a war or in a civil war to fight against regular military, police or rival insurgent forces.
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Gupta Empire
The Gupta Empire was an ancient Indian empire on the Indian subcontinent which existed from the mid 3rd century CE to mid 6th century CE.
Guptakashi
Guptakashi, Gupta Kashi or Guptkashi is a fairly large town located at an elevation of in the Kedar-khanda ('khanda' means "sector"), in Garhwal Himalayas of Rudraprayag district in Uttarakhand, India.
Guru Nanak
Gurū Nānak (15 April 1469 – 22 September 1539; Gurmukhi: ਗੁਰੂ ਨਾਨਕ; pronunciation), also known as ('Father Nānak'), was the founder of Sikhism and is the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Gyan Vani
Gyan Vani is an educational FM radio station in several cities of India.
Gyanvapi Mosque
The Gyanvapi Mosque is located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance.
Hanuman
Hanuman (हनुमान्), also known as Maruti, Bajrangabali, and Anjaneya, is a deity in Hinduism, revered as a divine vanara, and a devoted companion of the deity Rama.
Hanuman Jayanti
Hanuman Jayanti is a Hindu festival celebrating the birth of the Hindu deity, and one of the protagonists of the Ramayana and its many versions, Hanuman.
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Haridwar
Haridwar (formerly Mayapuri) is a city and municipal corporation in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India. Varanasi and Haridwar are hindu holy cities.
Harish Chandra Postgraduate College
Harish Chandra Postgraduate College is a government college and one of the oldest colleges in Maidagin, Varanasi, India.
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Hastinapur
Hastinapur is a city in the Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Hastinapur are ancient Indian cities.
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
Hazari Prasad Dwivedi (Devanagari: हज़ारीप्रसाद द्विवेदी) (19 August 190719 May 1979) was a Hindi novelist, literary historian, essayist, critic and scholar.
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Heidelberg University
Heidelberg University, officially the Ruprecht Karl University of Heidelberg (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg; Universitas Ruperto Carola Heidelbergensis), is a public research university in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
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Higher-speed rail
Higher-speed rail (HrSR), also known as high-performance rail, higher-performance rail, semi-high-speed rail or almost-high-speed rail, is the jargon used to describe inter-city passenger rail services that have top speeds of more than conventional rail but are not high enough to be called high-speed rail services.
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Himalayas
The Himalayas, or Himalaya.
Hindi
Modern Standard Hindi (आधुनिक मानक हिन्दी, Ādhunik Mānak Hindī), commonly referred to as Hindi, is the standardised variety of the Hindustani language written in Devanagari script.
Hindi cinema
Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, refers to the film industry based in Mumbai, engaged in production of motion pictures in Hindi language.
Hindu genealogy registers at Haridwar
Genealogy registers of families, maintained by Brahmin Pandits known locally as ‘Pandas’, who work as professional genealogists, at Haridwar, have been a subject of study for many years.
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Hindu mythology
Hindu mythology is the body of myths attributed to, and espoused by, the adherents of the Hindu religion, found in Hindu texts such as the Vedas, the itihasa (the epics of the Mahabharata and Ramayana) the Puranas, and mythological stories specific to a particular ethnolinguistic group like the Tamil Periya Puranam and ''Divya Prabandham'', and the Mangal Kavya of Bengal.
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Hinduism
Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.
Hindus
Hindus (also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma.
Hindustan (newspaper)
Hindustan (IAST) is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper.
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Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper based in Delhi.
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Hindustani classical music
Hindustani classical music is the classical music of the Indian subcontinent's northern regions.
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Hindustani language
Hindustani is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in North India, Pakistan and the Deccan and used as the official language of India and Pakistan. Hindustani is a pluricentric language with two standard registers, known as Hindi (written in Devanagari script and influenced by Sanskrit) and Urdu (written in Perso-Arabic script and influenced by Persian and Arabic).
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House of Holkar
The Holkars (pronunciation: ɦo(ː)ɭkəɾ) were the ruling house of the Indore State of the Maratha Confederacy, and earlier held the rank of subahdar under Peshwa Baji Rao I. When the Maratha Confederacy began to weaken due to internal clashes, the Holkars declared themselves the rulers of Indore in Central India, existing as an autonomous member of the Maratha Confederacy until 1818.
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House of Scindia
House of Scindia (anglicized from Shinde) is a Hindu Maratha Royal House that ruled the erstwhile Gwalior State in central India.
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Human Development Index
The Human Development Index (HDI) is a statistical composite index of life expectancy, education (mean years of schooling completed and expected years of schooling upon entering the education system), and per capita income indicators, which is used to rank countries into four tiers of human development.
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Human Rights Watch
Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization headquartered in New York City that conducts research and advocacy on human rights.
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Human sex ratio
The human sex ratio is the ratio of males to females in a population in the context of anthropology and demography.
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Humid subtropical climate
A humid subtropical climate is a temperate climate type characterized by hot and humid summers, and cool to mild winters.
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Hyderabad
Hyderabad (ISO) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana. Varanasi and Hyderabad are former capital cities in India and Metropolitan cities in India.
IHG Hotels & Resorts
InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), marketed as IHG Hotels & Resorts, is a British multinational hospitality company headquartered in Windsor, Berkshire, England.
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IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University) Varanasi (IIT-BHU) is a public technical university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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IMDb
IMDb (an acronym for Internet Movie Database) is an online database of information related to films, television series, podcasts, home videos, video games, and streaming content online – including cast, production crew and personal biographies, plot summaries, trivia, ratings, and fan and critical reviews.
India Meteorological Department
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is an agency of the Ministry of Earth Sciences of the Government of India.
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Indian Administrative Service
The Indian Administrative Service (IAS) is the administrative arm of the All India Services of Government of India.
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Indian Certificate of Secondary Education
The Indian Certificate of Secondary Education (ICSE) is an examination conducted by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations, a private board designed to provide an examination in a course of general education, in accordance with the recommendations of the New Education Policy 2020 (India), through the medium of English.
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Indian Council of Agricultural Research
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) is an autonomous body responsible for co-ordinating agricultural education and research in India.
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Indian epic poetry
Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá).
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Indian independence movement
The Indian Independence Movement was a series of historic events in South Asia with the ultimate aim of ending British colonial rule.
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Indian Institutes of Technology
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a network of engineering and technology institutions in India.
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Indian National Congress
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Indian Police Service
The Indian Police Service (IPS) is a civil service under the All India Services.
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Indian Standard Time
Indian Standard Time (IST), sometimes also called India Standard Time, is the time zone observed throughout the Republic of India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30.
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Indira Gandhi
Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (''née'' Indira Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and stateswoman who served as the prime minister of India from 1966 to 1977 and again from 1980 until her assassination in 1984.
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Indo-Gangetic Plain
The Indo-Gangetic Plain, also known as the North Indian River Plain, is a fertile plain encompassing northern regions of the Indian subcontinent, including most of modern-day northern and eastern India, most of eastern-Pakistan, virtually all of Bangladesh and southern plains of Nepal.
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Indore
Indore (ISO: Iṁdaura) is the largest and most populous city in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Varanasi and Indore are former capital cities in India and Metropolitan cities in India.
Infant mortality
Infant mortality is the death of an infant before the infant's first birthday.
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Inspector-general of police
An inspector-general of police is a senior police officer in the police force or police service of several nations.
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Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University
The Institute Of Medical Sciences (IMS-BHU) is one of the Six institutes of Banaras Hindu University in Varanasi, India and comprises three faculties, Faculty of Medicine, Dental Sciences, and Ayurveda.
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Institutes of National Importance
In India, Institute of National Importance (INI) is a status that may be conferred on a premier public higher education institution by an act of the Parliament of India for such institutions which, "serve as a pivotal player in developing highly skilled personnel within the specified region of the country or state." Institutes of National Importance receive special recognition, higher autonomy, and direct funding from the Government of India.
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Intermodal passenger transport
Intermodal passenger transport, also called mixed-mode commuting, involves using two or more modes of transportation in a journey.
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International airport
An international airport is an airport with customs and border control facilities enabling passengers to travel between countries around the world.
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Islam
Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.
ISO 15919
ISO 15919 (Transliteration of Devanagari and related Indic scripts into Latin characters) is one of a series of international standards for romanization by the International Organization for Standardization.
Jabalpur
Jabalpur, formerly Jubbulpore, is a city situated on the banks of Narmada River in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Jabalpur are Metropolitan cities in India.
Jainism
Jainism, also known as Jain Dharma, is an Indian religion.
Jaipur
Jaipur is the capital and the largest city of the north-western Indian state of Rajasthan. Varanasi and Jaipur are former capital cities in India and Metropolitan cities in India.
Jaishankar Prasad
Jaishankar Prasad (30 January 1889 15 November 1937) was a prominent figure in modern Hindi literature as well as Hindi theatre.
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James Prinsep
James Prinsep (20 August 1799 – 22 April 1840) was an English scholar, orientalist and antiquary.
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Jamia-e-Imania
Jamia-e-Imania or the Imania Arabic College (الجامعة الإيمانية) is a Madrasa in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Jantar Mantar, Varanasi
Jantar Mantar is an observatory built in Varanasi in the year 1737 by Maharaja Jai Singh II of kingdom of Amber (later called Jaipur).
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Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh
Jaunpur is a city and a municipal board in Jaunpur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
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Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM) was a massive city-modernization scheme launched by the Government of India under the Ministry of Urban Development.
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Jayachandra
Jaya-chandra (IAST: Jayacandra, r. –1194 CE) was a king from the Gahadavala dynasty of northern India.
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier
Jean-Baptiste Tavernier (1605–1689) was a 17th-century French gem merchant and traveler.
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Jonathan Duncan (Governor of Bombay)
Jonathan Duncan (15 May 1756 – 11 August 1811) was Governor of Bombay from 27 December 1795 until his death in 1811.
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Jyotirlinga
A Jyotirlinga or Jyotirlingam is a devotional representation of the Hindu god Shiva.
Kabir
Kabir (8 June 1398–1518 CE) was a well-known Indian mystic poet and sant.
Kachhwaha
The Kachhwaha, or Kachhawa is a Rajput clan found primarily in India.
Kaliya
Kaliya (IAST: Kāliya, Devanagari: कालिय), in Hindu traditions, was a venomous Nāga living in the Yamunā river, in Vṛndāvana.
Kanchipuram
Kanchipuram (IAST) also known as Kanjeevaram, is a stand alone city corporation, satellite nodal city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu in the Tondaimandalam region, from Chennaithe capital of Tamil Nadu. Varanasi and Kanchipuram are ancient Indian cities, former capital cities in India and hindu holy cities.
Kanpur
Kanpur, formerly anglicized as Cawnpore, is a large industrial city located in the central-western part of the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Kanpur are cities in Uttar Pradesh and Metropolitan cities in India.
Kanyakumari
Kanyakumari (referring to Devi Kanya Kumari, officially known as Kanniyakumari, formerly known as Cape Comorin) is a city in Kanyakumari district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
Kartika Purnima
Kartika Purnima, also known as Kartika Pournami, is a Hindu, Sikh, and Jain cultural festival that is celebrated on purnima (full moon day), the 15th day of the lunar month Kartika.
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Kashi railway station
Kashi railway station is one of the railway stations in Varanasi district.
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Kashi ropeway
Kashi ropeway is an under construction aerial cable car urban transit system in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Kashi Vishwanath Express
The 15127 / 15128 Kashi Vishwanath Express is an Indian express train that runs between in Uttar Pradesh and New Delhi railway station.
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Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.
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Kathmandu
Kathmandu, officially Kathmandu Metropolitan City, is the capital and most populous city of Nepal with 845,767 inhabitants living in 105,649 households as of the 2021 Nepal census and approximately 4 million people in its urban agglomeration.
Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kāśī (kingdom)
Kāśī (Kāsī) was an ancient kingdom of India whose existence is attested during the Iron Age.
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Kārtika (month)
Kārtika (কার্তিক Kartik, Bhojpuri: kātik, Kārtika, Kārttika, Kārtak,, Maithili: कातिक,, कार्त्तिक,,, கார்த்திகை) is the eighth month of the Hindu calendar, which falls in October and November of the Gregorian calendar.
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Kendriya Vidyalaya BHU
Kendriya Vidyalaya BHU (KV-BHU) is situated in the city of Varanasi in the campus of Banaras Hindu University.
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Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan
The Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan is a system of central government schools in India that are instituted under the aegis of the Ministry of Education, Government of India.
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Ketumati
Ketumati (Ch'ih-t'ou) is a legendary place in some Buddhist traditions viewed as the earthly paradise of the prophesied figure called Maitreya, who is the future Buddha.
Khoa
Khoa, khoya, khowa or mawa is a dairy food widely used in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent, encompassing India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Kishan Maharaj
Pandit Kishan Maharaj (3 September 1923 – 4 May 2008) was an Indian tabla player who belonged to the Benares gharana of Hindustani classical music.
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Kolkata
Kolkata, formerly known as Calcutta (its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. Varanasi and Kolkata are former capital cities in India and Metropolitan cities in India.
Kondanna Buddha
Koṇḍañña is one of the 29 Buddhas of Theravāda Buddhism.
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Koreans in Varanasi
Koreans initially began to migrate to India during the early 1950s.
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Krishna
Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.
Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya
Kshetresa Chandra Chattopadhyaya (1896–1974) was a distinguished scholar of Sanskrit from India.
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Kurukshetra War
The Kurukshetra War (कुरुक्षेत्र युद्ध), also called the Mahabharata War, is a war described in the Hindu epic poem Mahabharata, arising from a dynastic struggle between two groups of cousins, the Kauravas and the Pandavas, for the throne of Hastinapura.
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Kyoto
Kyoto (Japanese: 京都, Kyōto), officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan's largest and most populous island of Honshu.
Lakshmana Kumara
In the Hindu epic Mahabharata, Lakshmana Kumara, also rendered Lakshmana is the son of king Duryodhana and queen Bhanumati and a grandson of Dhritarashtra and Gandhari.
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Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport
Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport is an international airport serving Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Lalmani Misra
Lalmani Misra (11 August 1924 – 17 July 1979) was an Indian classical musician.
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Langra
The 'Langra' mango, also known as Benarasi Langra, is a mango cultivar that was first cultivated in Banaras in present-day Uttar Pradesh, India 250 to 300 years ago.
Language
Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary.
Lion Capital of Ashoka
The Lion Capital of Ashoka is the capital, or head, of a column erected by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka the Great in Sarnath, India,.
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List of characters in the Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India, composed by Veda Vyasa.
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List of cities in India by population
The following tables are the list of cities in India by population.
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List of districts of Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in India, has 75 districts.
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List of educational institutions in Varanasi
The following is a list of educational institutions in Varanasi.
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List of films shot in Varanasi
The temple town is a major hub for several film industries.
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List of million-plus urban agglomerations in India
India is a country in South Asia and is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the most-populous country with more than 1.4 billion people, home to nearly 17.5 percent of the world's population.
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List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
This is a list of present-day cities by the time period over which they have been continuously inhabited as a city.
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List of people from Varanasi
This is a list of notable people from Varanasi.
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Litter (vehicle)
The litter is a class of wheelless vehicles, a type of human-powered transport, for the transport of people.
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Lohta
Lohta is a census town in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Lohta are cities and towns in Varanasi district.
Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, also known as the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha.
Loo (wind)
The Loo is a strong, dusty, gusty, hot and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan.
Lucknow
Lucknow is the capital and the largest city of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh and it is the administrative headquarters of the eponymous district and division. Varanasi and Lucknow are cities in Uttar Pradesh and Metropolitan cities in India.
Lumbini
Lumbinī (IPA, "the lovely") is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in the Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province in Nepal.
M. A. Sherring
Matthew Atmore Sherring (1826–1880), usually cited as M. A. Sherring, was a Anglican missionary in British India who was also an Indologist and wrote a number of works related to India.
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Madan Mohan Malaviya
Madan Mohan Malaviya (25 December 1861 — 12 November 1946); born Madan Mohan Srivastava was an Indian scholar, educational reformer and politician notable for his role in the Indian independence movement.
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Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (meaning 'central province') is a state in central India.
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Maha Shivaratri
Maha Shivaratri is a Hindu festival celebrated annually in honour of the deity Shiva, between February and March.
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Mahabharata
The Mahābhārata (महाभारतम्) is one of the two major Smriti texts and Sanskrit epics of ancient India revered in Hinduism, the other being the Rāmāyaṇa.
Mahamana Express
Mahamana Express is a superfast express series trains operated by Indian Railways in India.
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Maharaja Balwant Singh of Benares
Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur, also known as Maharaja Balwant Singh (1711–1770), was the ruler of Benares State in northern India.
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Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh
Maharaja Udit Narayan Singh was the eldest surviving son of Maharaj Mahip Narayan Singh, Udit Narayan Singh Sahib Bahadur (1770 – 4 April 1835, r. 12 September 1795 – 4 April 1835) became the new king of Benares.
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Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (ISO: Mōhanadāsa Karamacaṁda Gāṁdhī; 2 October 186930 January 1948) was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist and political ethicist who employed nonviolent resistance to lead the successful campaign for India's independence from British rule.
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Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith
Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapith is a public university located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Mahāparinibbāna Sutta
The Mahāparinibbāna Sutta is Sutta 16 in the Dīgha Nikāya, a scripture belonging to the Sutta Piṭaka of Theravāda Buddhism.
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Mahoba
Mahoba is a city in Mahoba District of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh in the Bundelkhand region, well known for the ninth century granite Sun temple built in Pratihara style.
Maitreya
Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to become Maitreya Buddha or Metteyya Buddha.
Male
Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces the gamete (sex cell) known as sperm, which fuses with the larger female gamete, or ovum, in the process of fertilisation.
Man Singh I
Mirza Raja Man Singh I (21 December 1550 – 6 July 1614) was the 24th Maharaja of Kingdom of Amber from 1589 to 1614.
Manikarnika Ghat
Manikarnika Ghat (Hindi: मणिकर्णिका घाट) is one of the holiest cremation grounds among the sacred riverfronts (ghats), located on the banks of River Ganga, in the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Manusmriti
The Manusmṛti (मनुस्मृति), also known as the Mānava-Dharmaśāstra or the Laws of Manu, is one of the many legal texts and constitutions among the many of Hinduism.
Maratha Confederacy
The Maratha Confederacy, also referred to as the Maratha Empire, was an early modern polity in the Indian subcontinent.
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Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, and essayist.
Masaan
Masaan (also known as Fly Away Solo in English) is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language independent drama film starring Richa Chadda and Vicky Kaushal in lead roles.
Mathura
Mathura is a city and the administrative headquarters of Mathura district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Mathura are ancient Indian cities, Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India, cities in Uttar Pradesh, former capital cities in India and hindu holy cities.
Mayor
In many countries, a mayor is the highest-ranking official in a municipal government such as that of a city or a town.
Metaphysics is the branch of philosophy that examines the basic structure of reality.
Metropolis
A metropolis is a large city or conurbation which is a significant economic, political, and cultural area for a country or region, and an important hub for regional or international connections, commerce, and communications.
Mid-Sha'ban
Mid-Sha'ban (niṣf šaʿbān or ليلة نصف مِن شعبان laylat niṣf min šaʿbān "night on the half of Sha'ban") is a Muslim holiday observed by Shia and Sunni Muslim communities on the eve of 15th of Sha'ban (i.e., the night following the sunset on the 14th day) — the same night as Shab-e-barat or Laylat al-Bara’ah (ليلة البراءة).
Ministry of Minority Affairs
The Ministry of Minority Affairs is the ministry in the Government of India which was carved out of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and created on 29 January 2006.
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Mirabai
Meera, better known as Mirabai, and venerated as Sant Meerabai, was a 16th-century Hindu mystic poet and devotee of Krishna.
Mirzapur
Mirzapur is a city in Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Mirzapur are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Mirzapur (TV series)
Mirzapur is an Indian action crime thriller streaming television series created for Amazon Prime Video, by Karan Anshuman, who wrote the script along with Puneet Krishna & Vineet Krishna.
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Mohania
Mohania is a city and corresponding community development block in Kaimur district of Bihar, India.
Moksha
Moksha (मोक्ष), also called vimoksha, vimukti, and mukti, is a term in Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism for various forms of emancipation, liberation, nirvana, or release.
Momin Ansari
The Momin Ansari (مومن أنصاري) or Saudagar are a Muslim community of merchants found mainly in India, Pakistan, and Nepal.
Mughal architecture
Mughal architecture is the type of Indo-Islamic architecture developed by the Mughals in the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries throughout the ever-changing extent of their empire in the Indian subcontinent.
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Mughal Empire
The Mughal Empire was an early modern empire in South Asia.
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Mughal painting
Mughal painting is a South Asian style of painting on paper confined to miniatures either as book illustrations or as single works to be kept in albums (muraqqa), originating from the territory of the Mughal Empire in the Indian subcontinent.
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Muhammad of Ghor
Mu'izz al-Din Muhammad ibn Sam (translit; 15 March 1206), also known as Muhammad of Ghor or Muhammad Ghori, was a ruler from the Ghurid dynasty based in the Ghor region of what is today central Afghanistan who ruled from 1173 to 1206.
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Muhammad Shah
Mirza Nasir-ud-Din Muḥammad Shah (born Roshan Akhtar; 7 August 1702 – 26 April 1748) was the thirteenth Mughal emperor from 1719 to 1748.
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Muharram
Muharram (translit) is the first month of the Islamic calendar.
Municipal commissioner (India)
In India, the municipal commissioner or municipal secretary is the chief executive officer and administrative head of a municipal corporation.
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Municipal corporation
Municipal corporation is the legal term for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, towns, townships, charter townships, villages, and boroughs.
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Munshi Ghat
Munshi Ghat is one of the Ghats in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Nag Nathaiya
Nag Nathaiya or Nag Nathaiya Leela is a Hindu festival held in the city of Varanasi in Bhojpur-Purvanchal region of India, commemorating the conquest of the god Krishna over the ''naga'' (serpent) Kaliya.
Naga Panchami
Naga Panchami (Sanskrit: नागपञ्चमी, IAST: Nāgapañcamī) is a day of traditional worship of ''naga''s (or najas or nags) or snakes (which are associated with the mythical Nāga beings) observed by Hindus, Jains, and Buddhists throughout India, Nepal, and other countries where Hindu, Jain, and Buddhist adherents live.
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Nagara Style
Nagara Style or Nagara architectural style is a Hindu style of temple architecture, which is popular in Northern, Western and Eastern India (except the Bengal region), especially in the regions around Malwa, Rajputana and Kalinga.
Nagpur
Nagpur (pronunciation: naːɡpuːɾ) is the third-largest city of the Indian state of Maharashtra after Mumbai and Pune. Varanasi and Nagpur are Metropolitan cities in India.
Narayan dynasty
The Narayan dynasty was the ruling family of Benares.
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Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the current Prime Minister of India since 26 May 2014.
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National Highway 19 (India)
National Highway 19 (NH 19) is a national highway in India.
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National Highway 233 (India)
National Highway 233 is a National Highway in India that links Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh to Lumbini, Nepal via Azamgarh.
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National Highway 31 (India)
National Highway 31 (NH 31) is a primary National highway of India.
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National Highway 35 (India)
National Highway 35 (NH 35) is a National Highway in India.
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National Waterway 1
The National Waterway 1 (NW-1) or Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly river system is located in India and runs from Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh to Haldia in West Bengal via Patna and Bhagalpur in Bihar across the Ganges river.
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Nav Sadhana Kala Kendra
Nav sadhana Kala Kendra College of Dance and Music is situated in a pollution free green suburb, near Tarna, Shivpur, of the city - Kashi in india.
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Navagraha
The navagraha are nine heavenly bodies and deities that influence human life on Earth according to Hinduism and Hindu astrology.
Navaratri
Navaratri is an annual Hindu festival observed in honor of the goddess Durga, an aspect of Adi Parashakti, the supreme goddess.
Nawab
Nawab (Balochi, Pashto: نواب; نواب; নবাব/নওয়াব; नवाब; Punjabi: ਨਵਾਬ; Persian, Punjabi, Sindhi, Urdu), also spelled Nawaab, Navaab, Navab, Nowab, Nabob, Nawaabshah, Nawabshah or Nobab, is a royal title indicating a sovereign ruler, often of a South Asian state, in many ways comparable to the western title of Prince.
Nawab of Awadh
The Nawab of Awadh or Nawab of Oudh was the title of the rulers of Kingdom of Awadh (anglicised as Oudh) in northern India during the 18th and 19th centuries.
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Neolamarckia cadamba
Neolamarckia cadamba, with English common names burflower-tree, laran, and Leichhardt pine, and called kadam or cadamba locally, is an evergreen, tropical tree native to South and Southeast Asia.
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Nepal
Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia.
New Delhi
New Delhi (ISO: Naī Dillī), is the capital of India and a part of the National Capital Territory of Delhi (NCT).
New Delhi railway station
New Delhi railway station (station code: NDLS) is the main railway station of the Indian capital of New Delhi.
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Noida
Noida, short for New Okhla Industrial Development Authority, is a city located in Gautam Buddha Nagar district of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Noida are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Non-cooperation movement (1919–1922)
The non-cooperation movement was a political campaign launched on September 4, 1920 by Mahatma Gandhi to have Indians revoke their cooperation from the British government, with the aim of persuading them to grant self-governance.
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North Eastern Railway zone
The North Eastern Railway (abbreviated NER) is one of the 18 railway zones of Indian Railways.
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North India
North India, also called Northern India, is a geographical and broad cultural region comprising the northern part of India (or historically, the Indian subcontinent) wherein Indo-Aryans form the prominent majority population.
North-Western Provinces
The North-Western Provinces was an administrative region in British India.
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Northern Railway zone
The Northern Railway (NR) is one of the 19 Railway zones of India and the northernmost zone of the Indian Railways.
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Ochre
Ochre, iron ochre, or ocher in American English, is a natural clay earth pigment, a mixture of ferric oxide and varying amounts of clay and sand.
Oudh State
The Oudh State (also Kingdom of Awadh, Kingdom of Oudh, Awadh Subah, Oudh Subah or Awadh State) was a Mughal subah, then an independent kingdom, and lastly a princely state in the Awadh region of North India until its annexation by the British in 1856.
Outlook (Indian magazine)
Outlook is a weekly general interest English and Hindi news magazine published in India.
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Pali
Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.
Palsit
Palsit is a village in Burdwan II CD block in Bardhaman Sadar North subdivision of Purba Bardhaman district in the Indian state of West Bengal.
Pandava
The Pandavas (Sanskrit: पाण्डव, IAST: Pāṇḍava) is a group name referring to the five legendary brothers, Yudhishtira, Bhima, Arjuna, Nakula and Sahadeva, who are central figures of the Hindu epic Mahabharata.
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction railway station
Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction, formerly known as Mughalsarai Junction, (station code: DDU, old code MGS) is a railway station in the town of Mughalsarai in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Pandu
Pandu (pale) was the king of Kuru Kingdom, with capital at Hastinapur in the epic Mahabharata.
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India (IAST) is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India.
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Parshvanath Jain temples, Varanasi
Parshvanath Jain temples, Varanasi is a group of three Jain temples located in Bhelupur, Uttar Pradesh.
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Parshvanatha
Parshvanatha (पार्श्वनाथः), or and Pārasanātha, was the 23rd of 24 Tirthankaras (supreme preacher of dharma) of Jainism.
Passengers per hour per direction
Passengers per hour per direction (p/h/d), passengers per hour in peak direction (pphpd) or corridor capacity is a measure of the route capacity of a rapid transit or public transport system.
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Patna
Patna, historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. Covering and over 2.5 million people, its urban agglomeration is the 15th largest in India. Varanasi and Patna are Metropolitan cities in India.
Pehlwani
Pehlwani, also known as Kushti, is a form of wrestling contested in the Indian subcontinent.
Per capita income
Per capita income (PCI) or average income measures the average income earned per person in a given area (city, region, country, etc.) in a specified year.
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Peshawar
Peshawar (پېښور; پشور;; پشاور) is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district population of over 4.7 million in the 2023 census.
Peshwa
Peshwa was second highest office in the Maratha Confederacy, next in rank and prestige only to that of the Chhatrapati.
Piku
Piku is a 2015 Indian Hindi-language comedy drama film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by N. P. Singh, Ronnie Lahiri and Sneha Rajani.
Pillars of Ashoka
The pillars of Ashoka are a series of monolithic pillars dispersed throughout the Indian subcontinent, erected—or at least inscribed with edicts—by the 3rd Mauryan Emperor Ashoka the Great, who reigned from to 232 BC.
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Pollution of the Ganges
The ongoing pollution of the Ganges, the largest river in the Indian subcontinent, poses a significant threat to human health and the environment.
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Postal Index Number
A Postal Index Number (PIN; sometimes redundantly a PIN code) refers to a six-digit code in the Indian postal code system used by India Post.
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Pradosha
Pradosha or Pradosham (IAST: Pradoṣa) is a bimonthly occasion on the thirteenth day (Trayodashi) of every fortnight in the Hindu calendar.
Pratapgarh, Uttar Pradesh
Pratapgarh, also called Belha or Bela Pratapgarh, is a town and municipality in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India.
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Prayagraj
Prayagraj (ISO), also known as Allahabad or Ilahabad, is a metropolis in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Prayagraj are ancient Indian cities, cities in Uttar Pradesh, former capital cities in India, hindu holy cities and Metropolitan cities in India.
Premchand
Dhanpat Rai Srivastava (31 July 1880 – 8 October 1936), better known as Munshi Premchand based on his pen name Premchand, was an Indian writer famous for his modern Hindustani literature.
Puja (Hinduism)
Puja (translit-std), also spelt pooja, is a worship ritual performed by Hindus to offer devotional homage and prayer to one or more deities, to host and honour a guest, or to spiritually celebrate an event.
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Punjab
Punjab (also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb), also known as the Land of the Five Rivers, is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is specifically located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern-Pakistan and northwestern-India.
Puranas
Puranas (पुराण||ancient, old (1995 Edition), Article on Puranas,, page 915) are a vast genre of Hindu literature about a wide range of topics, particularly about legends and other traditional lore.
R. C. Majumdar
Ramesh Chandra Majumdar (known as R. C. Majumdar; 4 December 1888 – 11 February 1980) was an Indian historian and professor known for being an integral part of the Nationalist school of historiography.
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Raanjhanaa
Raanjhanaa is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film directed by Aanand L. Rai and written by Himanshu Sharma.
Radio City (Indian radio station)
Radio City is India's first private FM radio station and was started on 3 July 2001 by Star TV Network.
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Radio Mirchi
Radio Mirchi ("Mirchi" in Hindi meaning red chilli), also known as 98.3 Mirchi, is a nationwide network of private FM radio stations in India.
Raebareli
Raebareli is a city in Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Raebareli are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Rail India Technical and Economic Service
RITES Ltd, formerly known as Rail India Technical and Economic Service Limited, is a Navaratna central public sector undertaking under India's Ministry of Railways.
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Rajasthan Patrika
Rajasthan Patrika is an Indian Hindi-language daily newspaper.
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Ramadan
Ramadan (Ramaḍān; also spelled Ramazan, Ramzan, Ramadhan, or Ramathan) is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar, observed by Muslims worldwide as a month of fasting (sawm), prayer (salah), reflection, and community.
Ramanathaswamy Temple
The Ramanathaswamy Temple (Rāmanātasvāmi Kōyil) is a Hindu temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva located on Rameswaram island in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.
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Ramayana
The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.
Ramchandra Shukla
Ram Chandra Shukla (4 October 1884 – 2 February 1941), better known as Acharya Shukla, was an Indian historian of Hindi literature.
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Ramcharitmanas
Ramcharitmanas (rāmacaritamānasa), is an epic poem in the Awadhi language, composed by the 16th-century Indian bhakti poet Tulsidas (c. 1511–1623).
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Rameswaram
Rameswaram (also transliterated as Ramesvaram, Rameshwaram) is a municipality in the Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Varanasi and Rameswaram are ancient Indian cities and hindu holy cities.
Ramlila
Ramlila (literally 'Rama's lila or play') is any dramatic folk re-enactment of the life of Rama according to the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana or secondary literature based on it such as the Ramcharitmanas.
Ramnagar Fort
The Ramnagar Fort is a fortification in Ramnagar, Varanasi, India.
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Ramnagar, Varanasi
Ramnagar is a city, just outside Varanasi city and a municipal board in Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Ramnagar, Varanasi are cities and towns in Varanasi district.
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Ranjit Singh
Ranjit Singh (13 November 1780 – 27 June 1839) was the founder and first maharaja of the Sikh Empire, ruling from 1801 until his death in 1839.
Rapid transit
Rapid transit or mass rapid transit (MRT), commonly referred to as metro, is a type of high-capacity public transport that is generally built in urban areas.
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Ravana
Ravana was an ancient mythological king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar (born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury, sometimes spelled as Rabindra Shankar Chowdhury; 7 April 1920 – 11 December 2012) was an Indian sitarist and composer.
Ravidas
Ravidas or Raidas (1267–1335) was an Indian mystic poet-saint of the Bhakti movement during the 15th to 16th century CE.
Ravidassia
Ravidassia or the Ravidas Panth is a religion based on the teachings of Guru Ravidas.
Red FM (India)
Red FM (Often stylized as Superhits 93.5 RED FM) is an Indian FM radio network headquartered in Chennai and owned by Chennai-based Sun Group.
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Ritwik Sanyal
Pandit Ritwik Sanyal (born 12 April 1953) is an Indian classical singer and the Dhrupad maestro from Varanasi.
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Rudra
Rudra (रुद्र) is a Rigvedic deity associated with Shiva, the wind or storms, Vayu, medicine, and the hunt.
Sabarmati Express
The 19167 / 19168 Ahmedabad - Varanasi City Sabarmati Express is an express train which connects the city of Ahmedabad in the western state of Gujarat to Varanasi city in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh through Jhansi.
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Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya
Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (IAST:; formerly Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya and Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi) is an Indian university and institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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Samsi, Malda
Samsi is a village in Ratua I block in Chanchal subdivision of Malda district of Indian state of West Bengal.
Samta Prasad
Samta Prasad (Hindi: पण्डित सामता प्रसाद; 20 July 1921 – 31 May 1994) was an Indian classical musician and tabla player from the Benares gharana.
Sandstone
Sandstone is a clastic sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized (0.0625 to 2 mm) silicate grains, cemented together by another mineral.
Sangha
Sangha is a Sanskrit word used in many Indian languages, including Pali which means "association", "assembly", "company" or "community"; in these languages, sangha is frequently used as a surname.
Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple
Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple is a Hindu temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India and is dedicated to the Hindu God Hanuman, in his form as "Sankat Mochan," meaning the "reliever from troubles".
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Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh
Sankat Mochan Sangeet Samaroh is an annual music festival held at the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple in Varanasi, India.
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Sanskrit
Sanskrit (attributively संस्कृत-,; nominally संस्कृतम्) is a classical language belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages.
Sapta Puri
The Sapta Puri (Sanskrit सप्त-पुरी,, "seven cities") are a group of seven Hindu tirtha, or holy pilgrimage sites, located in India. Varanasi and Sapta Puri are hindu holy cities.
Sarnath
Sarnath (also referred to as Sarangnath, Isipatana, Rishipattana, Migadaya, or Mrigadava) is a place located northeast of Varanasi, near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India. Varanasi and Sarnath are Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India.
Sati (Hindu goddess)
Sati (सती), also known as Dakshayani (Sanskrit: दाक्षायणी, IAST: Dākṣāyaṇī, lit. 'daughter of Daksha'), is the Hindu goddess of marital felicity and longevity, and is worshipped as an aspect of the mother goddess Shakti.
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Sawai Jai Singh
Sawai Jai Singh II (3 November 1688 – 21 September 1743), was the 29th Kachwaha Rajput ruler of the Kingdom of Amber, who later founded the fortified city of Jaipur and made it his capital.
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Shaivism
Shaivism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu traditions, which worships Shiva as the Supreme Being.
Shatabdi Express
Shatabdi Express are a series of fast passenger trains operated by Indian Railways.
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Shehnai
The shehnai, often translated into English as clarinet, is a musical instrument originating from the Indian subcontinent.
Sher Shah Suri
Sher Shah Suri (Farid al-Din Khan; 1472 or 1486 – 22 May 1545), also known by his title Sultan Adil (Just King), was the ruler of Bihar from 1530 to 1540, and Sultan of Hindustan from 1540 until his death in 1545.
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Shesha
Shesha, also known by his epithets Sheshanaga and Adishesha, is a serpentine demigod (naga) and king of the serpents (Nagaraja), as well as a primordial being of creation in Hinduism.
Shikara
The shikara is a type of wooden boat found on Dal Lake and other water bodies of Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir.
Shiv Ganga Express
The 12559/60 Shiv Ganga Express is a daily superfast train of the North Eastern Railway Zone, that runs between and, named after the two jewels of Varanasi: Shiva and the Ganges river.
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Shiva
Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.
Shivdwar
Shivdwar, officially known as Uma Maheshwar Temple, is located 10 km from Ghorawal in Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh.
Shri Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan
Shri Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan Mandir, located in Sir Gobardhan, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India, is an important cultural and religious site for Dalits, Ravidasis, Ad-Dharmis, and Ramdasia Sikhs.
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Shri Vishwanath Mandir
Shri Vishwanath Mandir also known as Vishwanath Mandir, Vishwanath Temple, New Vishwanath Temple and Birla Temple is another prominent Hindu temple in the holy city of Varanasi.
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Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan
Shubh Mangal Zyada Saavdhan is a 2020 Hindi-language romantic comedy film written and directed by Hitesh Kewalya.
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Siddharthnagar
Siddharthnagar also known as Naugarh is a city and the district headquarters of Siddharthnagar in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Siddheshwari Devi
Siddheswari Devi (1908 – 18 March 1977) was a legendary Hindustani singer from Varanasi, India, known as Maa (mother).
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Sikhism
Sikhism, also known as Sikhi (ਸਿੱਖੀ,, from translit), is a monotheistic religion and philosophy, that originated in the Punjab region of India around the end of the 15th century CE.
Silk weaving in Varanasi
Silk weaving is a manufacturing industry in Varanasi.
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Sir Gobardhan
Sir Gobardhan (or Seer Goverdhanpur) is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Sir Gobardhan are cities and towns in Varanasi district.
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Sir Sunderlal Hospital
Sir Sunderlal Hospital (SSH-BHU) is a teaching hospital affiliated with the Institute of Medical Sciences, Banaras Hindu University (IMS-BHU) in Varanasi, India.
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Sitar
The sitar is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music.
Sitara Devi
Sitara Devi (born Dhanlakshmi; 8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an Indian dancer of the classical Kathak style of dancing, a singer, and an actress.
Sonbhadra district
Sonbhadra (also known as Sonebhadra) or Sonanchal is the second largest district by area of Uttar Pradesh after Lakhimpur Kheri.
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Sri Agrasen Kanya P.G. College
Shri Agrasen Kanya P.G. College also known as Shri Agarsen Kanya Mahavidyalaya and as Shri Agrasen Kanya Post Graduate College is an autonomous women's college in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka, historically known as Ceylon, and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia.
States and union territories of India
India is a federal union comprising 28 states and 8 union territories, for a total of 36 entities.
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Sub-divisional magistrate
A sub-divisional magistrate, also known as sub collector, revenue divisional officer, or assistant commissioner, is the administrative head of a sub-division in an Indian district, exercising executive, revenue, and magisterial duties.
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Suparshvanatha
Suparshvanatha (सुपार्श्वनाथ), also known as Suparśva, was the seventh Jain Tīrthankara of the present age (avasarpini).
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Super 30
Super 30 is an Indian educational programme started in Patna, India under the banner of Ramanujan School of Mathematics.
Superintendent of police (India)
The Superintendent of Police (SP) is a rank in Indian police forces held by an officer who serves as the head of a rural police district.
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Surdas
Surdas was a 16th-century blind Hindu devotional poet and singer, who was known for his works written in praise of Krishna. His compositions captured his devotion towards Krishna. Most of his poems were written in the Braj language, while some were also written in other dialects of medieval Hindi, like Awadhi.
Surya
Surya (सूर्य) is the SunDalal, p. 399 as well as the solar deity in Hinduism.
Sushruta
Sushruta (lit) is the listed author of the Sushruta Samhita (Sushruta's Compendium), a treatise considered to be one of the most important surviving ancient treatiseson medicine and is considered a foundational text of Ayurveda.
Sushruta Samhita
The Sushruta Samhita (lit) is an ancient Sanskrit text on medicine and one of the most important such treatises on this subject to survive from the ancient world.
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Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal is an ivory-white marble mausoleum on the right bank of the river Yamuna in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Tanda, Ambedkar Nagar
Tanda is a town in Ambedkar Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh situated on the banks of Ghaghara River.
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Tata Memorial Centre
The Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH) situated in Parel, Mumbai, is a cancer institute.
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Tehsil
A tehsil (also known as tahsil, taluk, or taluka) is a local unit of administrative division in India and Pakistan.
The Buddha
Siddhartha Gautama, most commonly referred to as the Buddha ('the awakened'), was a wandering ascetic and religious teacher who lived in South Asia during the 6th or 5th century BCE and founded Buddhism.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy romantic drama film directed by David Fincher.
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The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
The Imperial Gazetteer of India
The Imperial Gazetteer of India was a gazetteer of the British Indian Empire, and is now a historical reference work.
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The Times of India
The Times of India, also known by its abbreviation TOI, is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by The Times Group.
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Thumri
Thumri is a vocal genre or style of Indian music.
A toxic heavy metal is any relatively dense metal or metalloid that is noted for its potential toxicity, especially in environmental contexts.
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Trimurti
The Trimurti is the trinity of supreme divinity in Hinduism, in which the cosmic functions of creation, preservation, and destruction are personified as a triad of deities.
Tulsi Manas Mandir
Tulsi Manas Mandir (Hindi: तुलसी मानस मंदिर) is one of the most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi.
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Tulsidas
Rambola Dubey (11 August 1511 – 30 July 1623pp. 23–34.), known as Tulsidas, was a Vaishnava (Ramanandi) Hindu saint and poet, renowned for his devotion to the deity Rama.
Udhna–Banaras Express
The 20929 / 20930 Udhna–Banaras Superfast Express is an Superfast Express train of Indian Railways connecting and.
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Ujjain
Ujjain (Hindustani pronunciation: ʊd͡ːʒɛːn, old name Avantika) or Ujjayinī is a city in Ujjain district of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. Varanasi and Ujjain are ancient Indian cities, former capital cities in India and hindu holy cities.
United Provinces of Agra and Oudh
The United Provinces of Agra and Oudh was a province of India under the British Raj, which existed from 22 March 1902 to 1937; the official name was shortened by the Government of India Act 1935 to United Provinces (UP), by which the province had been commonly known, and by which name it was also a province of independent India until 1950.
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Unnao
Unnao is a city in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi and Unnao are cities in Uttar Pradesh.
Urdu
Urdu (اُردُو) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in South Asia.
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh ('North Province') is a state in northern India.
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Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education
Uttar Pradesh Board of Technical Education (UPBTE or BTEUP) is the board which provides technical education to students in Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Uttar Pradesh Police
The Uttar Pradesh Police (UP Police) (IAST), is the primary law enforcement agency within the Uttar Pradesh state of India.
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Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited
Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited (UPPCL) is a state government company, responsible for electricity transmission and distribution within the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Uttarkashi
Uttarkashi, meaning Kashi of the north, is a town located in Uttarkashi district in Uttarakhand, India.
Vagish Shastri
Bhagirath Prasad Tripathi (15 July 1935 – 11 May 2022), better known as Vagish Shastri, was an Indian Sanskrit grammarian, linguist, tantra and yogi.
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Vaishnavism
Vaishnavism (translit-std) is one of the major Hindu denominations along with Shaivism, Shaktism, and Smartism.
Vande Bharat Express
Vande Bharat Express is a medium-distance superfast express service operated by Indian Railways.
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Varanasi
Varanasi (ISO:,; also Benares, Banaras or Kashi) 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. Varanasi and Varanasi are ancient Indian cities, Buddhist pilgrimage sites in India, cities and towns in Varanasi district, cities in Uttar Pradesh, former capital cities in India, hindu holy cities, Metropolitan cities in India and Populated places established in the 2nd millennium BC.
Varanasi City railway station
Varanasi City railway station is one of the railway stations in Varanasi.
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Varanasi district
Varanasi district is a district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, with the holy city of Varanasi as the district headquarters.
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Varanasi division
Varanasi division is one of the 18 administrative geographical units (i.e. division) of the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Varanasi Junction railway station
Varanasi Junction railway station (station code: BSB), also known as Varanasi Cantt railway station, is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi.
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Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency
Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency (colloquially Varanasi) is one of the 80 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh state in north India.
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Varanasi Metro
The Varanasi Metro is a light rail transit system proposed for the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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Varanasi Multi-Modal Terminal
Varanasi Multi-Modal Terminal or Varanasi Port is an Inland river port situated in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.
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Varanasi Municipal Corporation
Varanasi Municipal Corporation is the governing body of the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Varanasi Police Commissionerate
The Varanasi Police Commissionerate is the primary law enforcement agency for the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Varuna
Varuna (वरुण) is a Hindu god, associated with the sky, oceans, and water.
Varuna River
The Varuna River is a minor tributary of the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Vibhuti
In Hinduism, vibhuti (vibhūti), also called bhasma or tirunīru, is sacred ash made of burnt dried wood, burnt cow dung and/or cremated bodies used in Agamic rituals.
Vibhuti Narayan Singh
Maharaja Vibhuti Narayan Singh (5 November 1927 – 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city considered holy, located in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.
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Vichitravirya
Vichitravirya (lit) is a figure in the Mahabharata, where he is featured as a Kuru king.
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Vidya Niwas Mishra
Vidya Niwas Mishra (28 January 1926 – 14 February 2005) was an Indian scholar, a Hindi-Sanskrit littérateur, and a journalist.
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Vijayadashami
Vijayadashami (translit-std), more commonly known as Dussehra, and also known as Dasara or Dashain, is a major Hindu festival celebrated every year at the end of Durga Puja and Navaratri.
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Vintage car
A vintage car is, in the most general sense, an old automobile, and in the narrower senses of car enthusiasts and collectors, it is a car from the period of 1919 to 1930.
Vishnu
Vishnu, also known as Narayana and Hari, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism.
Vividh Bharati
The Vividh Bharati Service (VBS) of All India Radio was conceptualized to combat Radio Ceylon in 1967.
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Wastewater
Wastewater (or waste water) is water generated after the use of freshwater, raw water, drinking water or saline water in a variety of deliberate applications or processes.
West Bengal
West Bengal (Bengali: Poshchim Bongo,, abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India.
Xuanzang
Xuanzang ((Hsüen Tsang); 6 April 6025 February 664), born Chen Hui / Chen Yi (/), also known by his Sanskrit Dharma name Mokṣadeva, was a 7th-century Chinese Buddhist monk, scholar, traveler, and translator.
Yajna
Yajna (also pronounced as Yag) (lit) in Hinduism refers to any ritual done in front of a sacred fire, often with mantras.
2011 census of India
The 2011 census of India or the 15th Indian census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration.
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2014 Indian general election
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha.
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92.7 Big FM
BIG FM is one of India’s largest radio networks that broadcasts primarily at 92.7 MHz.
See also
Cities and towns in Varanasi district
- Amara Khaira Chak
- Baragaon, Varanasi
- Benipur
- Bhagawanpur, Varanasi
- Birbhanpur
- Dindaspur
- Gangapur, Varanasi
- Harpal Pur
- Kakarmatta
- Kandwa
- Kotwa
- Lerhupur
- Lohta
- Maruadih
- Phulwaria
- Ramnagar, Varanasi
- Salarpur, Varanasi
- Shivdaspur
- Sigra
- Sir Gobardhan
- Suzabad
- Umarha
- Varanasi
- Varanasi cantonment
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varanasi
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