District Jail - Varanasi

District Jail - Varanasi is a prison in Sadar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. District Jail - Varanasi is situated near the Hindu temple Sai baba temple, as well as near the hospital Rajput medical store.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Varanasi Junction Railway Station and Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

Varanasi Junction Railway Station

Railway station

Photo: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0.

Varanasi Junction railway station is the main railway station serving the city of Varanasi. The other key railway stations in the Varanasi Metro area are Banaras, Varanasi City, Kashi and Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Junction. Varanasi Junction Railway Station is situated 2 km southwest of District Jail - Varanasi.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Hindu temple

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Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is located in Vishwanath Gali, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple is a Hindu pilgrimage site and is one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines. Kashi Vishwanath Temple is situated 4 km southeast of District Jail - Varanasi.

Varanasi City railway station

Railway station

Varanasi City railway station is one of the railway stations in Varanasi. It is 4 kilometres Northeast of Varanasi Junction railway station, 10 kilometres northeast of Banaras Hindu University and 23 kilometres southeast of Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport. Varanasi City railway station is situated 2 km southeast of District Jail - Varanasi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Varanasi and Sigra.

Varanasi

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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.

Sigra

Locality

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Sigra is an urban locality in the city of Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The residence of the Mayor of Varanasi is also located on Ghanti Mill Road in Sigra. Sigra is situated 3½ km south of District Jail - Varanasi.

Sarnath

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Sarnath is a holy town in Uttar Pradesh, India, about 13 km north-east of Varanasi. It's famous as the site of the deer park where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma and also where the original Sangha was formed.

District Jail - Varanasi

Type: Prison
Address: Varanasi
Category: government building
Location: Sadar, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, Plains, India, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude

25.34242° or 25° 20′ 33″ north

Longitude

82.99425° or 82° 59′ 39″ east

Open location code

7MQ48XRV+XM

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26745725

OpenStreetMap feature

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Sai baba temple and Bajrang Medical store.

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