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Airport

The nearest Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport is a public airport located at Babatpur, 26 km from Varanasi and 30 Km from Sarnath. Direct flights for Varanasi are available from Delhi, Agra, Khajurao, Calcutta, Mumbai, Lucknow and Bhuvaneshwar and Kathmandu ( Nepal) and Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Road

Varanasi, on NH 2 from Calcutta to Delhi, NH 7 to Kanya Kumari and NH 29 to Gorakhpur is well connected to the rest of the country by good motorable roads. some of the major road distances are Agra – 565 km, Allahabad – 128 km, Bhopal – 791 km, Bodhgaya – 240 km, Kanpur – 330 km, Khajuraho – 405 km, Lucknow – 286, Patna – 246 km, Sarnath – 10 Km.

Rail

Varanasi and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Junction (one of the main railway stations of Varanasi) are the important rail junctions, with train connections to all major cities of India.

Welcome To Varanasi

Varanasi original name Kashi is said to be derived from the word ‘kasha’ meaning bright which define its significance as the ‘city of light’ as its spiritual luminance. The present name is believed to be a combination of Varuna & Ashi, two rivers on its Northern & Southern periphery Banaras, as it is popularly known, is only a corruption of the name by an ever changing culture.

Varanasi General Info:

  • Population [7.93.542]
  • Area [7389sq.Km]
  • Attitude [80.71mts]
  • Temperature Summer [46c Max/32c Min]
  • Temperature Winter [15.5c Max/5c Min]
  • Rainfall [111cm]
  • Std/Code [0542]
  • Language [Hindi]

Various Attractions

Varanasi: An Ancient City On The Earth

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Varanasi: An Ancient City On The Earth