My Heritage Trip To Varanasi

    • Pratigyan.Das@timesgroup.com
    • Publish Date: May 28 2016 2:24PM
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    • Updated Date: May 28 2016 2:56PM
My Heritage Trip To Varanasi

Bidya Dasgupta, a student of BDM International, Kolkata tells us why one must visit this heritage town, one of the oldest in the world...

I  had gone on a visit to Benares some time back. Situated on the western bank of the Ganges, Benares is one of the oldest cities in the world. One evening we saw the aarti at Dasaswamedh Ghat. It is unforgettable — priests chant mantras accompanied by rhythmic music. A visit to Sarnath where Lord Buddha gave sermons to his disciples after attaining enlightenment was a memorable one and so was the royal palace of the Maharaja of Kashi and Benares Hindu University. One morning we wanted to take a dip in the Ganges. But my uncle showed us at the Dasaswamedh Ghat how the city’s wastewater was being discharged into the river just beside the ghat. Giving up the idea of bathing, we hired a boat to see the ghats. I understood the implication of the ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ instantly. It is time we realised that rivers are the lifelines of our nation and it is our moral duty to keep them clean!    


Varanasi grew as an important industrial centre, famous for its muslin and silk fabrics, perfumes, ivory works, and sculpture.

Buddha is believed to have founded Buddhism here around 528 BC when he gave his first sermon, 'The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dharma', at nearby Sarnath.

Several other major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Varanasi, including Kabir and Ravidas. Guru Nanak Dev visited Varanasi for Shivratri in 1507, a trip that played a large role in the founding of Sikhism.
 

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Neha Varadharajan The Orbis School

I have been to Haridwar. This does sound good.

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