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title: "Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know"  
description: "Varanasi, also known as the holy land of India has a rich history filled with art and traditions. Here's some facts about Varanasi"  
author: "Abhishek  Sen"  
published: 2022-11-21  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/1627/interesting-facts-about-varanasi-everyone-should-know  
category: "travel"  
tags: ["Varanasi", "Kashi", "interesting facts", "Varanasi facts"]  
reading_time: 2 minutes  

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# Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know

![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/db457c33-cf49-4c9b-bd9d-55a896fa6bd3.jpeg) ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/06595342-8ba5-449f-9f6f-38b1ee231670.jpeg) Varanasi or Benaras is one of the most ancient living cities in the world dating over 3000 years. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/aebb8c71-8638-41a7-a4fe-8fec8ca15ac6.jpeg) It is believed that the individual who takes his final breath in Old Varanasi will most likely accomplish salvation. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/af61635c-a517-41bf-ba29-a8a8b2dee852.jpeg) This holy land is the origin of the 23rd Tirthankara (saviour in Jainism), named Parsvanath. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/dabd6444-8b53-425c-a1b7-6e96d3cb4c86.jpeg) It is the only place on the planet, which has 84 Ghats, making it the city with the most astounding number of stream banks on the planet. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/6099dee2-a706-436f-baa5-bc082f70ef7e.jpeg) Banaras Hindu University of Benaras is one of the greatest colleges on the planet offering courses in Hindu sacred writings – Vedas. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/3877666a-9bd3-41c8-a1e5-6d87bd5b1797.jpeg) Marriage of a frog – a bizarre tradition is conducted in Varanasi with much enthusiasm and show to please the Rain Gods. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/df4841da-86e3-4cae-8404-399d32156998.jpeg) Famous artists like Pandit Ravi Shankar and Ustad Bismillah Khan have their roots in Varanasi. ![Interesting facts about Varanasi everyone should know](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/62d4f0e7-7f6b-4b37-98cf-5c9fd48788da/images/50c17e8e-a5ad-4b91-8333-1f4566385291.jpeg) Each year a huge number of travellers come here and several of them make this place their home

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