Kashi Vishwanath Temple
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Kathmandu-Varanasi bus service flagged off
World | Mar 05, 2015, 05:06 PM ISTKathmandu: Nepal and India today launched a direct bus service between Kathmandu and Varanasi from here, linking the two prominent cities - home to Pashupatinath and Kashi Vishwanath temples.The regular Kathmandu-Varanasi-Kathmandu bus service was flagged
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Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck visits Varanasi
India | Oct 10, 2014, 07:33 AM ISTVaranasi: Bhutan king Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck along with his wife Jetsun Pema yesterday offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple and attended the famous Ganga aarti at Dashashwamedh ghat, an official said here.The Bhutan
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LS win not 'a mere five-year contract': Modi tells Varanasi
India | May 17, 2014, 11:07 PM ISTVaranasi: A huge swarm of BJP supporters and city-dwellers greeted Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on his visit here this evening and cheered him as his cavalcade moved from the airport to the Kashi Vishwanath temple
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Narendra Modi visits Varanasi, offers prayers
India | May 17, 2014, 09:06 PM ISTVaranasi: A day after clinching Varanasi seat, Narendra Modi today visited the holy city and offered prayers at famous Kashi Vishwanath temple. After visiting the temple, the Prime Minister elect went to famed Dashashwamedh Ghat
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Congress moves EC against BJP slogan
National | Mar 28, 2014, 08:32 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Congress Thursday moved the Election Commission against BJP saying that its official slogan "Abki baar, Modi sarkar" was unconstitutional and its supporters were using slogans with religious connotations in violation of the
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Digvijay condemns ink attack on "nautankiwala" Kejriwal
National | Mar 26, 2014, 04:54 PM ISTBhopal: Congress leader Digvijay Singh today condemned the “ink attack” on AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal in Varanasi and said it could be the handiwork of “fascist” BJP.At the same time, he hit out at Kejriwal,
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Know more about the holy city of India, Varanasi
India | Aug 23, 2014, 08:16 AM ISTNew Delhi: India has many holy places like Varanasi, Haridwar, Ujjain, Kancheepuram, Somnath, Puri, Badrinath and Kedarnath, but among them Varanasi is considered the Eternal City, older than Rome. Varanasi is said to be the
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India's 12 famous Jyotirlingas : Kashi Vishwanath Temple
India | Aug 03, 2013, 07:45 AM ISTNew Delhi: The oldest living city of the world and the cultural capital of India Varanasi stands on the western bank of India's holiest river Ganga.The temple is popularly called Kashi Vishwanath Temple in which
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Spires of Kashi Vishwanath temple to be plated with gold
India | May 16, 2013, 05:49 PM ISTVaranasi, May 16: Two spires of the 18th century Kashi Vishwanath temple here will soon be plated with gold replacing the enamel paint on the temple structures.Authorities in a meeting yesterday decided that gold donated
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Donations to Kashi Vishwanath temple now tax free
India | Mar 20, 2013, 02:57 PM ISTLucknow, Mar 20: Donations to the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple in Varanasi would now get 100 percent income tax exemption, an official spokesperson of the state government said. A decision to this effect was taken