{"id":12077,"date":"2015-11-09T17:01:37","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T17:01:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogbox.indianeagle.com\/?p=12077"},"modified":"2015-11-19T14:46:50","modified_gmt":"2015-11-19T14:46:50","slug":"varanasi-travel-guide-infographic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/varanasi-travel-guide-infographic\/","title":{"rendered":"Infographic: Varanasi Travel Guide with Tips on Things to See and Do"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Varanasi or Banaras is one of the oldest and holiest cities in the world.<\/strong> One of the most popular pilgrimage sites in India, Varanasi has intrigued foreigners for ages. Often called the Spiritual City of India, Varanasi finds mentions in the scriptures, epics and literature of India. <strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/quotes-about-life\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rabindranath Tagore<\/a><\/span>\u2019s novels \u2013 <em>Chokher Bali<\/em> and <em>Naukadubi<\/em> \u2013 refer to Varanasi as Kashi.<\/strong> Believed to be founded by Lord Shiva, one of the most revered Hindu deities, Varanasi is where Lord Buddha gave his first sermon, \u201cThe Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dharma,\u201d at nearby Sarnath. <strong>It is the birthplace of Kabir and Ravidas, the legendary figures of the Bhakti Movement.<\/strong> Guru Nanak founded Sikhism after his return from a trip to Varanasi in 1507.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The city was the center of cultural revival during the regime of Mughal Emperor Akbar.<\/strong> The Hindustani Classical Music owes its &#8216;Banaras Gharana&#8217; form to this holy city. Varanasi houses India\u2019s largest residential Banaras Hindu University, which evolved from the Center Hindu College, founded by Annie Besant from Bengal. Varanasi has age-old heritage of art and craft including silk cloth weaving, carpet weaving, silver work, ivory work, glass bangle making, etc. <strong><em>Aparajit<\/em>o, one of the films in Satyajit Ray\u2019s <em>Apu Trilog<\/em>y, was shot on the ghats and in the lanes of Varanasi.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Winter, the best season to visit Varanasi, has arrived in India. <span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Indian Eagle<\/strong><\/span> is up with an illustrative infographic on Varanasi Travel Guide sharing some tips on things to see and things to do in Varanasi India.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Varanasi-Travel-Guide-Infographic-Indian-Eagle.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12080\" title=\"Varanasi Travel Guide Infographic : Things to do, Things to see \" src=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Varanasi-Travel-Guide-Infographic-Indian-Eagle.png\" alt=\"Varanasi travel guide, india travel infographics, Indian Eagle travel\" width=\"650\" height=\"2058\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Varanasi is a must visit in lifetime. It is a city of many unheard stories and unknown tales. <strong>Mark Twain says, \u201cVaranasi is older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>READ MORE<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.indianeagle.com\/travelbeats\/varanasi-travel-tips-and-things-to-do\/\" class=\"ss-button default\"><strong>Tips to Make Varanasi Travel Memorable<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Varanasi or Banaras is one of the oldest and holiest cities in the world. One of the most popular pilgrimage sites in India, Varanasi has intrigued foreigners for ages. Often called the Spiritual City of India, Varanasi finds mentions in the scriptures, epics and literature of India. Rabindranath Tagore\u2019s novels \u2013 Chokher Bali and Naukadubi [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12084,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[105,115,120,247],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Varanasi Travel Guide Infographic: Things to See, Things to Do in Varanasi<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"IndianEagle shares infographic on Varanasi Travel Guide with tips on things to see &amp; things to do in Varanasi India. 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