Varanasi is named after the confluence of two rivers, Varuna and Asi.
India is a land of temples and Varnasi itself has over 23,000 temples and I guess this is a perfect place for religious people to spend their quality time.
It is believed that the person who breathes his last here is sure to attain salvation.
It is the only place in the world which has got 84 ghats , making it the city with highest number of river banks in the world.
It is the place where marriage of Frog is carried out with much pomp and show. Hundreds gather at Ashwamegh Ghat every year to see this interesting frog marriage in the rainy season duly carried out by Hindu priest.
Lord Bhairava is also known as ‘Kotwal’ or ‘Kshetpalaka’, the guardian of the temple. The keys to Shiva and Shakti temples are ceremonially submitted to Bhairava at closing time and received from him at the opening time in the morning. There is generally a shrine dedicated to him in the temple premise itself.
नवरात्रि के चतुर्थ पर खुलता है शृंगार गौरी मंदिर, साल भर इंतजार करते है काशीवासी .ज्ञात हो यह मंदिर वर्ष में सिर्फ एक बार दर्शन पूजन हेतु प्रशाशन द्वारा खोला जाता है क्योकि यह देवी मंदिर कशी विश्वनाथ मंदिर और ज्ञानवापी मस्जिद विवाद के अन्तर्गत आता है !
Rath Yatra was also initiated in the Jagannath temple varanasi by two affluent gentlemen who built this two-century-old temple similar to that of Puri in Orissa.
