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Views
of BANARAS / VARANASI (mostly 1800's) |
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Section 7, top margin C, left
margin c |
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Here's a look at how much space
the city
occupied in 1884 |
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Just across the river from Banaras
is RAMNAGAR,
with the Raja's palace; it's also the site of the famous annual Ramlila
pageant |
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From early times, it's always been
Banaras's
riverfront ghats that have claimed the largest share of visitors'
attention. |
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Later on, steel engravings gave
place to
more subtly toned wood ones |
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Early photographs of the ghats |
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Nearby: Aurangzeb's Mosque |
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The ghats are illuminated for the
visit
of the Prince of Wales, 1876 |
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Glimpses of life along the ghats |
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And of course the riverfront makes
a natural
travel poster |
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A small modern Shiva temple,
brilliantly
painted, along the ghats |
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The famous Gyanvapi, or "Well of
Knowledge"
temple |
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The Durga mandir has often been
known as
the "Monkey Temple" |
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Banaras has also been a center of
Sanskrit
studies and traditional learning |
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A search for "benares" will yield
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