Benaras is not a city but a spiritual city. There is no grief of death here, not happiness of life but rather, it is a joy to get between the two. It is full of intense secrets inside it, it comes in the heart but does not understand. Here the Ganga of knowledge keeps flowing. Tea is going on and Pan gillories are disappearing in the mouth. It is said, 'All the master in Benaras, not the followers of Jehu.' Population - 3,676,841 Area - 1535 square kilometers Police Station – 25 Literacy - 75.60%
Varanasi is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world and the oldest inhabited city of India. India is a famous city of Uttar Pradesh state. It is also called 'Banaras' and 'Kashi'. Hinduism is considered to be one of the most holy cities and it is called an uncontrollable region. Apart from this, it is also considered sacred in Buddhism and Jainism. Varanasi culture has an unbreakable relationship with the Ganges river, Srikashi Vishwanath temple and its religious significance. This city has been a cultural and religious center of India, especially North India for thousands of years. Varanasi is often referred to as' City of Temples', 'Religious Capital of India', 'Town of Lord Shiva', 'City of Deep' ',' Knowledge Nagari 'etc. Famous American writer Mark Twain writes: "Benaras is ancient to history, is old with traditions, is also ancient to legends and when it is collected, it is twice as old as that collection."
The Benaras family of Hindustani classical music was born and developed in Varanasi only. Many of India's philosophers, poets, writers, musicians have lived in Varanasi, among them Kabir, Vallabhacharya, Ravidas, Swami Ramanand, Trollang Swamy, Shivanand Goswami, Munshi Premchand, Jaishankar Prasad, Acharya Ramchandra Shukla, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Girija Devi, Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia and Ustad Bismillah Khan etc. are some. Goswami Tulsidas had written Ramchrishtmans of Hinduism as the most revered book of Hindu religion and Gautam Buddha had given his first discourse here at Sarnath near here. Four major universities are located in Varanasi: Banaras Hindu University, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and Akhampurna Sanskrit University. The residents here mainly speak Kashika Bhojpuri, which is a quote from Hindi.