ພາຣານາສີ

ພາຣານາສີ ຍັງມີອີກຊື່ຄື Benares, Banaras  ແມ່ນເມືອງຫນຶ່ງໃນແມ່ນ້ຳ ຄົງຄາ ໃນພາກເຫນືອຂອງ ອິນເດຍ ທີ່ມີ ສະຖານທີ່ເປັນສູນກາງແຫ່ງປະເພນີຂອງ ຜູ້ຖືສາສະໜາ, ການເສຍຊີວິດ, ແລະ ການໄວ້ທຸກ ໃນໂລກ ຮິນດູ . Hindus see Varanasi as the world of death and life, and some make pilgrimages to Varanasi to die. In Hindu tradition, if a person dies in the holy city of Varanasi on the Ganges River, he or she is attains moksha, or freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth. Pilgrims travel to Varanasi to cremate their deceased relatives on the ghats along the river.  ເມືອງ​ທີ່​ມີ​ປະ​ເພ​ນີ ແບບປະສົມປະສານ ຂອງ​ສິນ​ລະ​ປະ​ອິດ​ສະ​ລາມ​ທີ່​ຮອງ​ຮັບ​ການ​ທ່ອງ​ທ່ຽວ​ທາງ​ສາດ​ສະ​ຫນາ​​. "Working Narratives of Intercommunity Harmony in Varanasi's Silk Sari Industry". In Jeffrey, Roger; Jeffrey, Craig; Lerche, Jens (eds.). Development Failure and Identity Politics in Uttar Pradesh. SAGE. pp. 211–238. ISBN 978-81-321-1663-9. 'Varanasi … is the city where Hindus and Muslims … are interwoven like threads as in the lovely silk saris for which Kashi (Varanasi) is so famous for (Puniyani, 2006).'(quoted) Varanasi is most often represented as a sacred Hindu pilgrimage centre (see Eck, 1983), as its social and cultural urban spaces have been often examined through the imagined and lived realities of Hinduism (Hertel and Humes, 1993; Parry, 1994; Singh and Rana, 2002). But it is also home to a sizeable Muslim population, which in 2001 comprised 30 per cent of the city's residents, significantly more than the percentage of Muslims in UP (Census of India, 2001). Unlike the city's majority Hindu inhabitants (63 per cent), who occupy a range of occupations in different economic sectors, Muslims in the city are predominantly involved in the production of silk fabrics, as well as other smaller artisanal industries (see Kumar, 1988). Muslims first settled in Varanasi in the eleventh century, when, following the defeat of an invading Muslim army, women, children and civilians were permitted to remain on the northern side of the city and serve the Hindu kings. Many learned the craft of weaving, incorporating their skills and designs into the fabrics. Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, the French explorer and cultural anthropologist, visited Varanasi between 1660 and 1665 and reported that in the courtyard of a rest house in the Chowk area the trading of reshmi (silk) and suti (cotton) fabrics was taking place between Muslim karigars (artisans or craftsmen) and Hindu Mahajans (traders) ຕັ້ງຢູ່ໃນ ຮ່ອມພູກາງນ້ຳ Ganges  ໃນພາກຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ຂອງລັດ Uttar Pradesh, ພາຣານາສີ ນອນຢູ່ໃນຝັ່ງຊ້າຍຂອງແມ່ນ້ໍາ. ມີໄລຍະ  ໄປທາງຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ຂອງນະຄອນຫຼວງ ນິວເດລີ ຂອງອິນເດຍ ແລະ  ໄປທາງຕາເວັນອອກສຽງໃຕ້ຂອງນະຄອນຫຼວງຂອງລັດ, Lucknow . ມັນຕັ້ງຢູ່  ລຸ່ມນ້ໍາຂອງ Prayagraj, ບ່ອນທີ່ຈຸດທີ່ແມ່ນ້ຳບັນຈົບກັບແມ່ນ້ໍາ Yamuna ເຊິ່ງແມ່ນ ສະຖານທີ່ ຂອງຜູ້ຖືສາສະໜາ ຂອງຊາວຮິນດູ ທີ່ສໍາຄັນອີກແຫ່ງ.