1. An ancient holy city in northern India, located on the banks of the Ganges River in Uttar Pradesh state, considered one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world and sacred in Hinduism and Buddhism
   "Pilgrims flock to Varanasi to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges";
   - Benares [archaic], Banaras [archaic]

Part of: Uttar Pradesh

Encyclopedia: Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh