Kashi (Varanasi)
Kashi is counted among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, sacred to Shiva, and a place where death is said to bring liberation.
In the scriptures
[Traditional account]
The Kashi Khanda of the Skanda Purana glorifies Kashi as Shiva's eternal city, held on his trident above the waters of pralaya.
Today
- Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga
- Eighty-four ghats along the Ganga
- Evening Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh
- Sarnath nearby, where the Buddha first taught
The journey continues for members
- History