Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Every year, about 20,000 people pilgrimage to Varanasi, India's holiest city, to die. Some Hindus believe they can break out of ...

Known for its many temples, mysterious holy men and bustling ghats along the River Ganges, the Indian city of Varanasi also produces some of the world’s finest silk saris. The handwoven Banarasi sari, ...

Watch Banaras’s iconic Baati Chokha prepared the traditional way at Baati Chokha Restaurant, where Varanasi street food ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though officially abolished decades ago, the caste system still profoundly influences life in India. Those born into high castes ...

India, May 20 -- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was presented with a painting depicting the ghats of Varanasi after ...

While Varanasi is celebrated for its spiritual heritage and sacred rituals, its food culture plays an equally important role ...

VARANASI, India (RNS) — When Linda Hess took in the view from the bank of the Ganges River recently for the first time in 10 years, she hardly recognized the place she once knew. “When I first came ...

Italian artist Giampaolo Tomassetti gifted PM Modi a painting of the Varanasi ghats during his Rome visit. Rome is the final ...

As one famous American film once said, "If you build it, they will come." SS Rajamouli took those words to heart with Varanasi. The film, which has been promoted as being a #Globetrotter production, ...

Air India is embracing the Indian government's new hub-and-spoke model, planning to launch international flights from Varanasi. This initiative aims to expand global access beyond major metros, ...