In Varanasi, Muslim men in skull caps and Hindu pilgrims wearing saffron clothes make their way to a temple-mosque complex that's the subject of an ongoing dispute.

Ancient links The Banarasi sari is named after the city itself – Varanasi, or Banaras as it is locally known. It’s a brand, a piece of history, and a point of pride for sari wearers and ...

Varanasi's legends go back some 10,000 years, to the oldest epics of Hindu literature, including the Puranas, the Vedas and the Mahabharata. They say Varanasi is the city of Lord Shiva, who walked ...

Varanasi, among the world's oldest cities and a spiritual destination in its own right being culturally bohemian. Some of its important facts are river Ganga ghats, Festivals, Temples and a lot ...