Fair & Festivals in Varanasi
Varanasi is known as "Cultural Capital" of India. Varanasi is the oldest living city in the world.
According to Hindu religion, it is considered that Benaras is the melting pot of the Indian culture. It is also believed by pilgrims that the person who is cremated at Varanasi after his natural death, he will ultimately get rid of from the sequence of the births and re-births because he gets intermingled into the Lord Shiva.
Varanasi has religious and cultural importance by its pilgrims so it has become the great center for a variety of fairs and festivals of the whole year.
Some famous festivals are