Varanasi
Varanasi, also known as Banaras or Kashi, is a holy city at the banks of the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh, India. Being the most sacred city in Hinduism and Jainism, and important in the history of Buddhism, Varanasi is India's most important pilgrimage destination.
- City with about 1,200,000 residents
- …lies at an elevation of around 80 metres (250 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code VNS
- …was formerly known as “Benares”
- Description: city on the banks of the Ganges in the Uttar Pradesh state of India
- Also known as“Banāras”“Banares”“Benaras”“Kashi”“Kāsi”“Varanassi”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Varanasi City railway station and Varanasi Junction Railway Station.
Varanasi City railway station
Railway station
Varanasi City railway station is one of the railway stations in Varanasi.
Varanasi Junction Railway Station
Varanasi Junction railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi.
Kashi Vishwanath Temple
Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sigra.
Sigra
Sigra is an urban locality in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Varanasi
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Latitude
25.3356° or 25° 20′ 8″ north
Longitude
83.0076° or 83° 0′ 28″ east
UN/LOCODE
IN VNS
Open location code
7MQ582P5+73
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=city
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Varanasi” goes by many names.
BenaresAfrikaans
WaranasiAfrikaans
Benares, KashiAlbanian
VaranasiAlbanian
فاراناسيArabic
وارانسيArabic
VaranasiAragonese
ՎարանասիArmenian
BenarésAsturian
काशीAwadhi
वाराणसीAwadhi
BənarəsAzerbaijani
VaranasiAzerbaijani
VaranasiBasque
ВаранасіBelarusian
কাশীBengali
বারাণসীBengali
বেনারসBengali
काशीBhojpuri
बनारसBhojpuri
वाराणसीBhojpuri
বারানসিBishnupriya
VaranasiBreton
БенаресBulgarian
ВаранасиBulgarian
ဗာရာဏသီမြို့Burmese
BenarésCatalan
VaranasiCebuano
VaranasiCentral Bikol
ڤاراناسیCentral Kurdish
ВаранасиChechen
婆羅痆斯Chinese
波羅奈Chinese
瓦兰希Chinese
瓦拉納西Chinese
瓦拉纳西Chinese
瓦拉那西Chinese
瓦臘納西Chinese
瓦蘭希Chinese
貝拿勒斯Chinese
貝那拉斯Chinese
贝拿勒斯Chinese
ВаранасиChuvash
VaranasiCrimean Tatar
VaranasiCroatian
KášíCzech
VáránásíCzech
VaranasiDanish
वाराणसीDotyali
BenaresDutch
VaranasiDutch
فاراناسىEgyptian Arabic
مدينه فاراناسىEgyptian Arabic
VaranasioEsperanto
VaranasiEstonian
VaranasiFiji Hindi
VaranasiFinnish
BenarésGalician
VaranasiGalician
ბარანასიGeorgian
ბენარასიGeorgian
ვარანასიGeorgian
კაშიGeorgian
काशीGoan Konkani
ΒαρανάσιGreek
Δρόμοι του ΜπενάρεςGreek
ΚάσιGreek
ΜπεναρέςGreek
કાશીGujarati
બનારસGujarati
વારાણસીGujarati
BenarèsHaitian
בנארסHebrew
ואראנאסיHebrew
ואראנסיHebrew
וראנאסיHebrew
וראנסיHebrew
ורנסיHebrew
KashiHindi
काशीHindi
बनारसHindi
वाराणासीHindi
VáránasziHungarian
BenaresIndonesian
VaranasiIndonesian
VaranasiIrish
VārāṇasīItalian
ヴァーラーナシーJapanese
ヴァーラーナスィーJapanese
ヴァラナシJapanese
カーシーJapanese
バナーラスJapanese
バラナシJapanese
ベナレスJapanese
ワーラーナシーJapanese
ワラナシJapanese
ಕಾಶಿKannada
ಬನಾರಸ್Kannada
ವಾರಾಣಸಿKannada
بنارسKashmiri
BārāṇasīKinaray-A
BapaнаcиKirghiz
ВаранасиKirghiz
바라나시Korean
베나레스Korean
VaranasiLadin
ພາຣານາສີLao
VaranasiLatin
BarānasaLatvian
KāšiLatvian
VārānasīLatvian
BenaresasLithuanian
VaranasisLithuanian
VaranasiLower Sorbian
VaranasiLuxembourgish
ВаранасиMacedonian
काशीMagahi
बनारसMagahi
वाराणसीMagahi
बनारसMaithili
वाराणसीMaithili
VaranasiMalagasy
VaranasiMalay
Varanasi, CantonmentMalay
കാശിMalayalam
ബനാറസ്Malayalam
വാരണാസിMalayalam
काशीMarathi
वाराणसीMarathi
واراناسيMazanderani
وارناسیMazanderani
BenaresMin Nan Chinese
ვარანასიMingrelian
काशीNepali
बनारसNepali
वाराणसीNepali
वाराणासीNewari
VaranasiNorwegian
BanarasNorwegian Bokmål
VârânasîNorwegian Bokmål
VaranasiNorwegian Nynorsk
BenarèsOccitan (post 1500)
VaranasiOccitan (post 1500)
ବାରଣାସୀOriya
ВаранасиOssetian
BārāṇasīPali
VaranasiPampanga
ਵਾਰਾਣਸੀPanjabi
بنارسPersian
واراناسیPersian
وارانسیPersian
WaranasiPolish
وراناسيPushto
VaranasiRomanian
БанарасRussian
БенаресRussian
ВаранасиRussian
КашиRussian
काशीSanskrit
वाराणसीSanskrit
ᱠᱟᱥᱤSantali
ᱵᱚᱱᱟᱨᱚᱥSantali
ᱵᱟᱨᱟᱬᱟᱥᱤSantali
ᱵᱟᱱᱟᱨᱟᱥSantali
بنارسSaraiki
VaranasiScots
БенаресSerbian
ВаранасиSerbian
VaranasiSerbo-Croatian
بنارسSindhi
واراناسيSindhi
කාශිSinhala
බරණැසSinhala
බෙණාරස්Sinhala
වාරාණසීSinhala
BenáresSlovak
VáránasíSlovak
BanarasSlovenian
VaranasiSlovenian
بنارسSouth Azerbaijani
VaranasiSwahili
BanarasSwedish
BenarasSwedish
VaranasiSwedish
ꠛꠦꠘꠣꠞꠡSylheti
VaranasiTagalog
БанорасTajik
VaranasiTalysh
காசிTamil
வாரணாசிTamil
కాశిTelugu
కాశి/వారణాసిTelugu
బెనారస్Telugu
వారణాశిTelugu
వారణాసిTelugu
แคว้นพาราณสีThai
พาราณสีThai
พาราณาสีThai
เมืองพาราณสีThai
BenaresTurkish
VaranasiTurkish
VaranasiTwi
БенаресUkrainian
ВаранасіUkrainian
بنارسUrdu
وارانسیUrdu
VaranasiUzbek
VaranasiVenetian
VaranasiVietnamese
VaranasiWaray (Philippines)
FaranasiWelsh
VaranasiWelsh
وارانسیWestern Panjabi
瓦拉纳西Wu Chinese
ВаранасиYakut
維華拿斯Yue Chinese
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