Heritage Attractions

Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple

Dhamek Stupa

Ghats In Varanasi

Bharat Mata Temple
"Benaras is older than history, older then tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
Mark Twain
Prominent Personalities Of Varanasi
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Activists
Annie Besant
Annie Besant
Annie Besant (née Wood; 1 October 1847 – 20 September 1933) was a British socialist, theosophist, ...
Activists
Dyal Singh Majithia
Dyal Singh Majithia
Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia (1848–98) was an Indian banker and activist in progressive and social ref...
Activists
Bimla Poddar
Bimla Poddar
Bimla Poddar is an Indian social worker, philanthropist and the founder of Jnana Pravaha,[1][2] a Va...
Arts, music and entertainment
Sameer Anjaan
Sameer Anjaan
Biography
Sameer, officially named Shitala Pandey, but commonly known by his nickname Rajan, was bo...
Arts, music and entertainment
Ashutosh Bhattacharya
Ashutosh Bhattacharya
Ashutosh Bhattacharya (17 March 1917 – 8 February 2004) was a noted Indian classical musician of Hin...
Arts, music and entertainment
Girija Devi
Girija Devi
Girija Devi (8 May 1929 – 24 October 2017) was an Indian classical singer of the Seniya and Banaras ...
Arts, music and entertainment
Siddheswari Devi
Siddheswari Devi
Siddheswari Devi (1908– 18 March 1977)[1] was a legendary Hindustani singer from Varanasi, India, kn...
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Sitara Devi
Sitara Devi
Sitara Devi (8 November 1920 – 25 November 2014) was an eminent Indian dancer of the classical Katha...
Arts, music and entertainment
Ustad Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan
Ustad Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan
Ustad Qamruddin "Bismillah" Khan (21 March 1916 – 21 August 2006) (born as Qamaruddin Khan),
Perso...
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Pandit Birju Maharaj
Pandit Birju Maharaj
Brijmohan Mishra, popularly known as Pandit Birju Maharaj, (born 4 February 1938), is an exponent of...
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Pandit Kishan Maharaj
Pandit Kishan Maharaj
Pandit Kishan Maharaj (3 September 1923 – 4 May 2008) was an Indian tabla player who belonged to the...
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Pandit Vikash Maharaj
Pandit Vikash Maharaj
Pandit Vikash Maharaj (born 1 July 1957 in Varanasi, India) is an Indian sarod player. In his childh...
Arts, music and entertainment
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra
Pandit Chhannulal Mishra (born 3 August 1936) is a celebrated Hindustani classical singer from Banar...
Arts, music and entertainment
Pandit Samta Prasad
Pandit Samta Prasad
Pandit Samta Prasad (Hindi : पण्डित सामता प्रसाद) (20 July 1921 – 1994) was an Indian classical musi...
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Pandit Ritwik Sanyal
Pandit Ritwik Sanyal
Pandit Ritwik Sanyal (born 12 April 1953) is an Indian classical singer and the Dhrupad maestro from...
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Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar KBE (Bengali pronunciation: [ˈrobi ˈʃɔŋkor]; born Robindro Shaunkor Chowdhury,[2] spell...
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Pandit Shivnath Mishra
Pandit Shivnath Mishra
Pandit Shivnath Mishra (born 12 October 1943) is an Indian sitarist. He is an exponent of the Benare...
Arts, music and entertainment
Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar
Uday Shankar (8 December 1900 – 26 September 1977) was an Indian dancer and choreographer, best know...
Arts, music and entertainment
Sujit Kumar
Sujit Kumar
Sujit Kumar (7 February 1934 – 5 February 2010) was an Indian film actor and producer. He appeared i...
Arts, music and entertainment
Anant Lal
Anant Lal
Anant Lal (1927 – 3 March 2011), often referred to by the title Pandit, was an Indian classical musi...
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Rasoolan Bai
Rasoolan Bai
Rasoolan Bai (1902 – 15 December 1974) was a leading Indian Hindustani classical music vocal musicia...
Arts, music and entertainment
Lalmani Misra
Lalmani Misra
Lalmani Misra (11 August 1924 – 17 July 1979) was an eminent Indian classical musician known as much...
Arts, music and entertainment
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay
Hemanta Mukhopadhyay also known as Hemant Kumar (16 June 1920 – 26 September 1989); was an Indian Be...
Arts, music and entertainment
Deobrat Mishra
Deobrat Mishra
Deobrat Mishra (born 4 June 1976) is an Indian sitarist. He is an exponent of the Benares Gharana sc...
Arts, music and entertainment
Hiralal Yadav
Hiralal Yadav
Hiralal Yadav (1925/1926 – 12 May 2019)[1] was an Indian folk singer, who was awarded the Padma Shri...
Arts, music and entertainment
Siddharth Arora
Siddharth Arora
Siddharth Arora (born 13 April 1988) is an Indian television actor. He made his television debut wit...
Arts, music and entertainment
Vindhya Tiwari
Vindhya Tiwari
Vindhya Tiwari (born 22 November 1991) is an Indian television actress, known for her work in Indian...
Arts, music and entertainment
Sadhana Singh
Sadhana Singh
Sadhana Singh is an Indian film and television actor.[1][2][3] Sadhana was born in the ancient city ...
Arts, music and entertainment
Anuraadha Tewari
Anuraadha Tewari
Anuraadha Tewari also known as Anuradha Tiwari (born 11 August 1971) is a Mumbai-based Indian writer...
Sports
Prashanti Singh
Prashanti Singh
Prashanti Singh (born 5 May 1984, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh) is a shooting guard for the Indian nation...
Sports
Mohammed Shahid
Mohammed Shahid
Mohammed Shahid (14 April 1960 – 20 July 2016) was an Indian field hockey player. He is considered o...
Sports
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi (born 13 September 1991) is an Indian professional basketball player who was mo...
Sports
Ram Singh Yadav
Ram Singh Yadav
Ram Singh Yadav (born 7 November 1984) is an Indian marathon runner. Ram represented India at the 20...
Sports
Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Narsingh Pancham Yadav
Narsingh Pancham Yadav (born 16 March 1989) is an Indian wrestler. At the 2010 Commonwealth Games, h...
Sports
Divya Singh
Divya Singh
Divya Singh (Hindi:'दिव्या सिंह') (born 21 July 1982) is former captain of the Indian National Women...
Sports
Punam Yadav
Punam Yadav
Punam Yadav (9 July 1995) is an Indian weightlifter who won Bronze medal in the women's 63 kg weight...
Sports
Akanksha Singh
Akanksha Singh
Akanksha Singh (born 7 September 1989) in Varanasi Uttar Pradesh) is an Indian basketball player and...
Literature and academics
Baldev Upadhyaya
Baldev Upadhyaya
Baldev Upadhyaya (10 October 1899 – 10 August 1999) was a Hindi, Sanskrit scholar, literary historia...
Literature and academics
Adya Prasad Pandey
Adya Prasad Pandey
Prof. Adya Prasad Pandey is an Indian economist and academic. As of December 2016, he is Former Vice...
Literature and academics
Bharatendu Harishchandra
Bharatendu Harishchandra
Bharatendu Harishchandra (9 September 1850 – 6 January 1885) is known as the father of Hindi literat...
Politics
Mahendra Nath Pandey
Mahendra Nath Pandey
Mahendra Nath Pandey (born 15 October 1957) is an Indian politician who served as the Minister of Ed...
Politics
Sri Prakasa
Sri Prakasa
Sri Prakasa (3 August 1890 – 23 June 1971) was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and administrat...
Politics
Dr Sampurnanand
Dr Sampurnanand
Dr Sampurnanand (1 January 1891[1] – 10 January 1969) was a teacher and politician in Uttar Pradesh,...
Royalty
Balwant Singh of Benares
Balwant Singh of Benares
Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Balwant Singh Sahib Bahadur also known as Balwant Singh (1711–17...
Royalty
Dr. Vibhuti Narayan Singh
Dr. Vibhuti Narayan Singh
Dr. Vibhuti Narayan Singh (5 November 1927 - 25 December 2000) was the king of Benares, a city consi...
Royalty
Chait Singh
Chait Singh
Rafa'at wa Awal-i-Martabat Raja Sri Chait Singh Sahib Bahadur (d. 29 March 1810) commonly known as C...
Royalty
Rani of Jhansi
Rani of Jhansi
Lakshmibai, the Rani of Jhansi 19 November 1828 – 18 June 1858),[1][2] was an Indian queen of the Ma...
Scientists
Bishun Khare
Bishun Khare
Bishun Narain Khare (27 June 1933 – 20 August 2013) was a scientist who specialized in the chemistry...
Scientists
Arvind Mohan Kayastha
Arvind Mohan Kayastha
Arvind Mohan Kayastha (Hindi: अरविन्द मोहन कायस्थ) (born August 1, 1960) is an Indian biologist. He ...
Scientists
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram
Dr Sanjaya Rajaram
Dr. Sanjaya Rajaram is an Indian-born Mexican scientist and winner of the 2014 World Food Prize.[1] ...
"Benaras is older than history, older then tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together.
Mark Twain