Varanasi Yatra

Varanasi Yatra   Lord Sri Bindu Madhav Varanasi, also popularly known as Kashi and Benares, is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world. Varanasi has a documented history tracing 4500 years back. Varanasi was founded by Lord Siva and the entire city rests on his trident. Situated in the vast Gangetic plains of India, it is amongst the seven most sacred cities (sapta-puri). It draws millions of pilgrims from all over the world. In the Rig Veda , the city was referred to as Kasi or Kashi, which means ‘the luminous one’. Srimad-Bhagavatam Canto 10, chapter 66 describes how Lord Krishna went to Kasi and killed Paundraka and Kasiraja, and how the Lord’s Sudarsana disc defeated a demon, incinerated the city of Kasi and killed Sudaksina. Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu came to Varanasi while going to and returning from Vrindavana to Puri, as described in Sri Caitanya Caritamrta . While staying in Varanasi for two months on His way back from Vrindavana, Lord Caitanya became the gues...