"The cat says,'Don't eat fish, don't touch scales, go to Kashi." It is not before the cat, but we go to Kashi Let's see The subject of the much-talked-about Kashi is the theme Kashi is still alive with a cultural heritage of about four thousand years It is said that the founder of Kashi is the god Shiva himself.

Kashi stands on three small hills, which are considered to be the three fruits of Shiva's trident Kashi is where Shiva lives Goddess Annapurna is there Kashi is therefore an ancient Hindu pilgrimage.

Once upon a time, graduate students from Kashi used to go to Takshashila to take classes and graduates from Takshashila used to come to Kashi to take classes Renu, who is said to be the first ruler of Kashi, performed the Ashwamedha Yajna here after conquering Kuru and Panchal Bodhkashi Sarnath was built near Kashi in the Buddhist era.

The "lion" found near this Sarnath has been considered the national symbol of India The city of Kashi, Varanasi, is named after the city According to the Buddhist horoscope, the nobles of Varanasi used to exchange one mana (about 30 kg) of silver and copper coins every day This shows how prosperous the area was.

"Varanasi is located between two rivers, Varuna and Assi " The British made Varanasi " Benares ".

As the Jabal Upanishad says, "Varanasi in old age " " Varna" means all-pervading and hence "Nashi " All in all, " Varna Nashi" --- Varanasi Lewis Mainford, in his Cities in History, says that Kashi was the first city on earth to be transformed into a living entity The names "Kashi" and "Varanasi" appear in various scriptures.

Michael Sherring, a Christian missionary who spent a quarter of his life in Kashi, writes that Varanasi is the Paris of India Varanasi represents India Of the nearly hundred Shiva temples, the Bhairavnath temple in Varanasi has a unique feature The granite "Dandapani" headstone in his right hand is the Kotwal of the watchman of Varanasi.

No evil person is allowed to enter the city And surprisingly, there has not been a single criminal case in the Bhairavnath police station in the past two hundred years.

The word Kashi is derived from Sanskrit "Kusha," meaning - - illumination Kashidhama is said to be illuminated by the light of the god Shiva It is also said that "Kashi" is derived from the name of a mythological ruler of the Vedic age, Divodasa, who was the ruler of the lineage mentioned in the Rig Veda.

The names of the rulers of the mythological age of Kashi are: 1) Divodasa, 2) Ashtaratha, 3) Hayashva, 4) Sudeva, 5) Divodasa II, and 6) Pratardana However, historians say that the name "Kashi" is derived from "Kashavan," which is indicated in the Mahabharata.

Archaeological excavations were carried out in the region in 1815 under the leadership of Alfred Cunningham, and the existence of an ancient settlement called "Rishipattan" near the Rajghat plateau was established at that time Archaeological excavations have proved that the city Varanasi originated from the plateau near Rajghat, north of the Ganges, and stopped in the Ganges.

Archaeological excavations have found ruins of the ancient city of Varanasi from the Rajghat plateau, and have revealed a history of about twelve hundred years from the eighth century BC to the sixth century AD Kashi has the famous Vishwanath temple The peak of the ancient temple was 151 feet high.

But Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb destroyed the original Vishwanath temple in 1670 AD The priest of the temple threw the idol into the Ganges in fear of torture and then committed suicide Also, Aurangzeb converted a Shiva temple in Kashi into a mosque, known as Gyanbaba.

Then, much later after Aurangzeb's death (1707), a new Vishwanath temple was built beside the ruins of the ancient temple and the idol was restored and re-installed in the temple according to the symbolic letter of the priest The Vishwanath of Kashi is also known as "Vishweshwar " Reportedly, Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the ruler of Punjab, donated a large amount of ransom money received from Muslims to the temple. The top of the temple was gilded with gold as a condition of donation and hence it is also called ".

Golden Temple " The present Vishwanath temple is 51 feet high and the bell inside the temple was donated by the King of Nepal. Kashi has " Panchkoshi," i e , 5 cross paths, which are the norm for pilgrims to circumambulate on foot Otherwise, Kashitirtha is incomplete Kashi was invaded by Muhammad Ghori in the 12th century CE.

Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb then destroyed the Vishwanath temple in Kashi and converted a Shiva temple into Gyanvapi Mosque.

After the death of Aurangzeb, the Maharaja of Kashi was Mansa Ram It was during his reign that the Muslim invasions of Kashi ended Later, his son Balwant Singh built the mighty Ramnagar Fort across the Ganges, which made it extremely difficult for the Muslims to attack Kashi The site is sacred to Hindus as Sati's earring fell in Manikarnika Ghat in Kashi.

Thus, Kashi has been awakened for ages.