Varanasi
The holiest of all the seven sacred cities and one of the world's the oldest inhabited, Varanasi also known as Benares and Kashi, is in Uttar Pradesh and nestled on the banks of the Ganges. In the words of author Mark Twain, the city is “older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend.” According to Hindu mythology, Kashi or Varanasi is the abode of Lord Shiva,
