Banaras
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: September 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 448
ISBN-13: 9780231114479
Subjects: Travel & holiday guides; Hinduism; Travel; Religion - World Religions; ASIA; Asia - General; Hinduism - General; Religion / General; India; Religious life and customs; Varanasi; Varanasi (India); Våaråanasi (Uttar Pradesh); Våaråanasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)
First sentence: BANARAS is a magnificent city, rising from the western bank of the River Ganges, where the river takes a broad crescent sweep toward the north.