Kashi, also known as Varanasi, is a city on the banks of the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh, India. it is the holiest of the seven sacred cities – Sapta Puri.
The Sapta Puri are seven holy pilgrimage centres in India. They are Ayodhya, Mathura, Haridwar, Kashi, Kanchipuram, Ujjain and Dwarka.
The city’s religious importance continued to grow in the 8th century, when Adi Shankara established the worship of Shiva as an official sect of Kashi.
Kashi has been a cultural centre of northern India for several thousand years, and is closely associated with the Ganges. Hindus believe that dying here and getting cremated along the banks of the holy Ganges river allows one to break the cycle of rebirth and attain moksha, making it a major centre for pilgrimage.
The city is known worldwide for its many ghats, embankments made in steps of stone slabs along the river bank where pilgrims perform ritual ablutions. Of particular note are the Dashashwamedh Ghat, the Panchganga Ghat, the Manikarnika Ghat and the Harishchandra Ghat, the last two being where Hindus cremate their dead.
According to mythology, Kashi was founded by Lord Shiva, one of three principal deities, along with Brahma and Vishnu. During a fight between Brahma and Shiva, one of Brahma’s five heads was torn off by Shiva.
As was the custom, the victor carried the slain adversary’s head in his hand and let it hang down from his hand as an act of ignominy, and a sign of his own bravery. A bridle was also put into the mouth. Shiva thus dishonoured Brahma’s head, and kept it with him at all times.
When he came to the city of Varanasi in this state, the hanging head of Brahma dropped from Shiva’s hand and disappeared in the ground. Varanasi is therefore considered an extremely holy site.
The city continued as an important centre of Hindu devotion, pilgrimage, mysticism and poetry, which further contributed to its reputation as a centre of cultural importance and religious education.
Tulsidas wrote his epic poem on Rama’s life called Ramcharitmanas in Kashi. Several other major figures of the Bhakti movement were born in Varanasi, including Kabir and Ravidas.
Kashi is said to be the most ancient city on Earth. The ancient traditions and the culture are a result of human genius.
The ghats are the best experience of Kashi. The famous Kashi Vishwanath Temple stands on the western bank of the holy river Ganga, and is one of the twelve Jyotirlingas, the holiest of Shiva Temples. The main deity is known by the name Shri Vishwanath and also by the ancient name of the deity Vishweshwara (means Ruler of the Universe).
The ghats of Kashi are extremely clean now, thanks to PM Modi, as Kashi is represented in the Parliament of India by the current Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi.
The VR experience is clean, and the experience is created as if you are visiting Kashi in reality.
Kashi – The City of Lord Shiva is a VR experience which takes you to Kashi, a city designed to bring a union between the micro and the macro, a machine that will become a process of liberation for every human being who entered the space.
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