ʻO Varanasi ma India - ke kūlanakauhale o nā pyres hoʻolewa

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ʻO Varanasi, ʻo India kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale pohihihi a hoʻopaʻapaʻa o ka ʻāina, kahi e hele nui ai nā Indians e make. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pili kēia kuʻuna me ke ʻano nani maoli a i ʻole ka lāʻau maikaʻi - manaʻoʻiʻo ka poʻe Hindus e hoʻonā ʻia ka muliwai ʻo Ganges iā lākou i ka ʻeha o ka honua.

ʻIke laulā

ʻO Varanasi kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale nui loa ma ka ʻaoʻao hikina hikina o India, i ʻike ʻia ma ke kikowaena o ke aʻo ʻana o Brahmin. Kuhi ka Buddhist, Hindus a me Jains he wahi laʻa ia. ʻO ia ka mea iā lākou e like me Roma i nā Katolika a me Meka i nā Mahometa.

Uhi ʻo Varanasi i kahi o 1550 sq. km, a aia kona heluna kānaka ma lalo o 1.5 miliona mau kānaka. ʻO ia kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa o ka honua, aʻo ka mea nui loa paha ma India. No nā muliwai ka inoa o ke kūlanakauhale - ʻo Varuna a me Assi, e kahe ana i loko o nā Ganges. ʻO Varanasi kekahi manawa i kapa ʻia ʻo Avimuktaka, Brahma Vardha, Sudarshan a me Ramya.

ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻo Varanasi kekahi o nā kikowaena hoʻonaʻauao koʻikoʻi ma India. No laila, aia ke kulanui wale nō ma ka ʻāina ma aneʻi, kahi e mālama ʻia ai ka ʻike ma ka ʻōlelo Tibet. ʻO kēia ke Kulanui Waena o Tibetan Studies, hoʻokumu ʻia ma lalo o Jawaharlal Nehru.

ʻO nā kūlanakauhale nui loa kokoke iā Varanasi ʻo Kanpur (370 km), Patna (300 km), Lucknow (290 km). Aia ʻo Kolkata i 670 km a ʻo New Delhi 820 km mamao aku. ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, aia ʻo Varanasi ma kahi kokoke i ka palena (e nā kūlana India). I ka palena me Nepal - 410 km, a i Bangladesh - 750 km, i ka Tibet Autonomous Region - 910 km.

He kūmole mōʻaukala

ʻOiai ʻo Varanasi kekahi o nā kūlanakauhale kahiko loa o ka honua, he nui nā kala a me nā paʻakikī o kona mōʻaukala. Wahi a kekahi moʻolelo kahiko, ua hoʻokumu ke akua ʻo Shiva i kahi hoʻonohonoho ma ke kahua o ke kūlanakauhale hou, e hoʻolilo ana iā ia i kekahi o nā kikowaena hoʻomana o Eurasia.

ʻO ka ʻike pololei mua e pili ana i ka hoʻonohonoho ʻana mai ka 3000 BC. - ua ʻōlelo ʻia i loko o nā palapala hemolele Hindu ma ke ʻano he kikowaena ʻoihana. Wahi a ka poʻe mōʻaukala, ua hoʻoulu ʻia ka siliki, ka pulupulu, ka muslin a hana ʻia ma aneʻi. Ua hana lākou i nā mea ʻala a me nā kiʻi kālai ma aneʻi. I ka millennium mua BC. e Ua kipa ʻia ʻo Varanasi e kekahi mau huakaʻi i kākau e pili ana i ke kūlanakauhale ma ke ʻano he "haipule, ʻepekema a me nā kikowaena noʻeau" o ka mokupuni India.

I ke kolu mua o ke kenekulia 18, ua lilo ʻo Varanasi i kapikala o ke aupuni Kashi, no laila ua hoʻomaka ke kūlanakauhale e ulu ʻoi aku ka wikiwiki ma mua o nā kamaʻāina kokoke. ʻO kahi laʻana, ʻo kekahi o nā pā kaua ma India a me kekahi mau hale aliʻi a me nā pāka i kūkulu ʻia ma aneʻi.

ʻO ka makahiki 1857 ka mea i manaʻo ʻia he pōʻino no Varanasi - kipi nā sepoys, a ʻo ka poʻe Pelekania, e makemake ana e kāohi i ka lehulehu, ua luku nui lākou i nā kamaʻāina kūloko. A ʻo kahi hopena, ua make kekahi ʻāpana nui o ko ke kūlanakauhale kūlanakauhale.

I ka hopena o ke kenekulia 19, ua lilo ke kūlanakauhale i wahi o ka huakaʻi no nā haneli he haneli o ka poʻe manaʻoʻiʻo - hele mai lākou mai aneʻi a puni ʻo ʻAsia e komo i nā ʻaha kūloko a kipa i nā luakini. Hele mai ka poʻe waiwai he nui i Varanasi e make i ka "ʻāina hemolele". Ke alakaʻi nei kēia i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo ma kahi kokoke i nā Ganges, ke ao a me ka pō, puhi ʻia nā ahi ahi kahi i puhi ʻia ai nā kupapaʻu he nui (ʻo ia ke ʻano kuʻuna).

I nā kenekulia 20 a me kinohi o ke kenekulia, ʻo ke kūlanakauhale kekahi kikowaena hoʻomana nui, kahi e huki ai i nā poʻe kūʻiʻo mai ka ʻāina āpau a me nā ʻepekema e makemake e aʻo pono i nā hanana o kēia wahi.

ʻO ke ola haipule

I ka Hindu, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Varanasi kekahi o nā wahi nui o ka hoʻomana ʻana iā Shiva, no ka mea, e like me ka moʻolelo, ʻo ia ka mea i 5000 BC. hana i kekahi kulanakauhale. Hoʻokomo ʻia ia i nā kūlanakauhale nui TOP-7 no nā Buddhist a me Jains. Eia nō naʻe, hiki ke kāhea pono ʻia ʻo Varanasi i kūlanakauhale no nā haipule ʻehā, no ka mea, he nui nā Mahometa e noho nei hoʻi.

Kaulana ka huakaʻi hele i Varanasi ma waena o nā Hindus no ka mea kū ke kūlanakauhale ma kapa o nā Ganges, kahi muliwai kapu iā lākou. Mai ka wā kamaliʻi mai, ʻimi kēlā me kēia Hindu e hele i aneʻi no ka ʻauʻau, a i ka hopena o kona ola e puhi ʻia ma aneʻi. Ma hope o nā mea āpau, ʻo ka make no kahi hana Hindu kahi hana hoʻokahi wale nō o nā hanana o ka hānau hou ʻana.

ʻOiai he nui loa ka heluna o nā huakaʻi hele mai e make i aneʻi, ke ʻā nei nā pyres hoʻolewa ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Varanasi i ke ao a me ka pō.

Hamama ea crematorium

ʻAʻole hiki i nā kānaka āpau ke make "pololei" ma Varanasi - i mea e puhi ʻia ai a ʻae ʻia ma o nā Ganges, pono ʻoe e uku i kahi kālā maikaʻi, a he nui nā mea manaʻoʻiʻo e ʻohiʻohi kālā no kahi huakaʻi i ka honua aʻe no nā makahiki he nui.

Ma nā panalāʻau o ke kūlanakauhale aia he 84 ghats - he ʻano crematoria kēia, kahi mai 200 a 400 mau kino i puhi ʻia i kēlā me kēia lā. Ua haʻalele ʻia kekahi o lākou, ʻo kekahi e ʻā ana i loko o nā makahiki he nui. ʻO Manikarnika Ghat ka mea kaulana a kaulana loa, kahi no nā makahiki he kaukani i kōkua ʻia e hoʻokō i ka mokuʻāina ʻo Moksha. ʻO ke kaʻina hana penei:

Ma ke kapa o nā Ganges, ahu iho nā wahie i loko o nā paila pū (lawe ʻia lākou mai ke kapa ʻē aʻe o ka muliwai, a kiʻekiʻe loa nā kumukūʻai).

Hoʻā lākou i ke ahi a waiho i ke kino o kahi mea make ma laila. Pono e hana i kēia ma hope o 6-7 mau hola ma hope o ka make. Hoʻopili pinepine ʻia ke kino i ka lole keʻokeʻo a me nā mea hoʻonaninani, kuʻuna no ka caste a ke kanaka e kau ai.
Ma hope o hoʻokahi wale nō lepo i koe o ke kanaka, hoʻolei ʻia ʻo ia i loko o nā Ganges. ʻAʻole pau nā kupapaʻu i pau i ke ahi (inā hoʻohana ʻia ka wahie kahiko), a lana wale ko lākou mau kino ma kapa o ka muliwai, eia naʻe, ʻaʻole e hoʻopilikia iki i nā kamaʻāina.

Nā kumukūʻai ma Manikarnika Ghat

ʻO ke kumu kūʻai, 1 kg o ka wahie e $ 1. Lawe ʻia ʻo 400 kg e puhi i kahi kupapaʻu, no laila, uku ka ʻohana o ka mea i make ma kahi o $ 400, kahi nui nui no ka poʻe o India. Hana pinepine nā Inikini waiwai i ke ahi me nā lāʻau ʻiliahi - 1 kg kumukūʻai he 160 kālā.

ʻO ka "hoʻolewa" ʻoi loa ka makamae ma ka maharaja kūloko - ua kūʻai kāna keiki i nā wahie mai ka ʻiliahi, a i ka wā o ke kuni ʻana ua kiola ʻo ia i nā topazo a me nā sapira ma luna o ke ahi, a ma hope ua hele aku i nā limahana crematorium.

ʻO nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā kupapaʻu he poʻe no ka papa haʻahaʻa. Hoʻomaʻemaʻe lākou i ka ʻāina o ka crematorium a hele i ka lehu ma kahi sieve. He ʻano ʻē paha ia, akā ʻaʻole kā lākou hana nui i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe - pono lākou e ʻike i nā pōhaku makamae a me nā mea hoʻonaninani i hiki ʻole i nā ʻohana o ka poʻe make ke lawe iā lākou iho mai ka make. Ma hope o kēlā, kau ʻia nā mea waiwai āpau no ke kūʻai aku.

He mea nui i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi e ʻike i ke kiʻi ʻana i nā ahi o nā ahi ahi no ka manuahi ʻaʻole e holo pono - e holo koke nā "mea manaʻoʻiʻo" iā ʻoe a ʻōlelo he wahi kapu kēia. Eia nō naʻe, inā uku ʻoe i ke kālā, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hana me ka ʻole o nā pilikia. ʻO ka nīnau wale nō ke kumu kūʻai. No laila, nīnau mau nā limahana hana crematorium ʻo wai ʻoe, ʻo wai ʻoe e hana ai, etc. E hoʻoholo kēia i ke kumukūʻai a lākou e noi ai.

E mālama kālā, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻolauna ʻana iā ʻoe iho ma ke ʻano he haumana - pono ʻoe e uku ma kahi o $ 200 i kēlā me kēia pule o ke kī ʻana. Ma hope o ka uku e hāʻawi ʻia ʻoe i kahi ʻāpana o ka pepa, e hōʻike ʻia inā pono. Hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe loa no nā mea nūpepa - hiki ke kūʻai ʻia i hoʻokahi lā pana ma mua o $ 2000.

Nā ʻano o ka crematoria

I ka Hindu, e like me ka hoʻomana Kalikiano, he mea mau ke kanu i nā suicides a me ka poʻe i make i ka make kūlohelohe. Aia kekahi crematorium kūikawā ma Varanasi no ka poʻe i hala i kā lākou iho.

Ma waho aʻe o ka crematoria "elite", he electro-crematorium ke kūlanakauhale, kahi e puhi ʻia ai ka poʻe i hana ʻole e hōʻiliʻili i ke kālā. Eia kekahi, ʻaʻole ia he mea maʻamau no ke kanaka mai kahi ʻohana ʻilihuna e hōʻiliʻili i ke koena o ka wahie mai nā ahi i pau i ke ahi ma ke kahakai holoʻokoʻa. ʻAʻole pau nā kupapaʻu o kēlā mau kānaka i ke ahi, a hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia ko lākou iwi iwi i nā Ganges.

No kēlā mau hihia, aia nā mea hoʻomaʻemaʻe kupapaʻu. Holo lākou ma luna o ka moku ma ka muliwai a hōʻiliʻili i ke kino o ka poʻe i pau ʻole i ke ahi. Hiki i kēia mau keiki (ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kuni ma lalo o ka makahiki 13), nā wahine hāpai a me nā mea maʻi me ka maʻi lepera.

ʻO ka mea e mahalo ai, ʻo ka poʻe i nahu ʻia e ka cobra, ʻaʻole lākou i puhi ʻia - ua manaʻo ka poʻe kamaʻāina ʻaʻole lākou e make, akā aia wale nō i kahi manawa koma. Hoʻonoho ʻia kēlā mau kino i loko o nā waʻa lāʻau nui a hoʻouna ʻia e "noʻonoʻo". Hoʻopili nā papa me ka helu wahi o ko lākou noho a me ka inoa i nā kupapaʻu o ka poʻe, no ka mea ma hope o ke ala ʻana, hiki iā lākou ke hoʻopoina i ko lākou ola i hala.

ʻO nā kuʻuna a pau i luna he kikoʻī loa ia, a he nui nā loea kālaiʻāina India e ʻae nei ua hiki i ka manawa e hōʻoki ai i kēlā ʻano hana. He paʻakikī ke manaʻoʻiʻo, akā he 50 mau makahiki i hala aku nei ma India ua pāpā ʻia ka pāpā ʻia ʻana i nā wahine kāne make - ma mua, ʻo ka wahine e ʻā ola nei, pono e hele i ke ahi me kāna kāne make.

Eia nō naʻe, kānalua nā kamaʻāina a me nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi no ka hoʻopau ʻia o ia ʻano hana - ʻaʻole hiki i ka hōʻea ʻana mai o nā Mahometa, a me ka helehelena o ka poʻe Pelekane i ka peninsula ke hiki ke hoʻololi i nā kuʻuna tausani makahiki.

Pehea ke ʻano o ke kūlanakauhale ma waho o ka "crematorium zone"

ʻO ke kapa ʻē aʻe o ka Ganges kahi kauhale maʻamau kahi e noho ai nā Indians maʻamau. I loko o ka wai o ka muliwai kapu, holoi lākou i ka lole, kuke i ka meaʻai a me ke aloha e ʻauʻau (ʻaʻole pono nā mākaʻikaʻi. Pili ko lākou ola holoʻokoʻa i ka wai.

ʻO ka ʻāpana o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Varanasi ma India ka nui o nā alanui ʻikiʻī (kapa ʻia lākou ʻo galis) a me nā hale kala. Nui nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai i nā wahi moe. ʻO ka mea kupaianaha, ʻaʻole like me Mumbai a i ʻole Calcutta, ʻaʻole nui nā slum a me nā lepo ma aneʻi. Ma lalo ka nui o ka lehulehu ma aneʻi.

ʻO kekahi o nā wahi e pili ana i ka Buddhist e pili ana i Varanasi ʻo Sarnath. He kumulāʻau nui kēia, ma kahi nona, e like me ka kaao, haʻi aku ʻo Buddha.

ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ʻaneʻane kokoke i nā wahi āpau a me nā alanui o Varanasi i kapa ʻia ma hope o nā kiʻi haipule kaulana, a i ʻole ke kaukaʻi ʻia i nā kaiāulu e noho nei.

ʻO Varanasi kahi kūlanakauhale o nā heiau, no laila ma aneʻi e ʻike ai ʻoe i nā nui o nā heiau Hindu, Muslim a me Jain. He kūpono ke kipa:

ʻO Kashi Vishwanath a i ʻole Temple Hemolele. Kūkulu ʻia ia no ka hoʻohanohano ʻana i ke akua Shiva, a ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka mea nui i ke kūlanakauhale. Ma waho ua like ia me kovil ma nā kūlanakauhale nui o India. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo ʻo kēia ka luakini kiaʻi nui ʻia ma India, a ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke komo i loko me ka ʻole o ka passport.
Ua hoʻolaʻa ʻia ka luakini ʻo Annapurna i ke akua wahine o ka inoa like. Wahi a ka moʻolelo, ʻo kahi kanaka e kipa i kēia wahi e māʻona mau.
Durgakund a i ʻole ka luakini mōneka. Kū kū i waho ke kūʻē i ke kāʻei kua o nā mea hoihoi ʻē aʻe o Varanasi ma India, no ka mea he paia ʻulaʻula kona.
ʻO Alamgir Masjid ka mosque nui o ke kūlanakauhale.
ʻO Dhamek Stupa ka wahi Buddhist nui o ke kūlanakauhale, kūkulu ʻia ma ka pūnaewele o ka haʻi ʻōlelo a Buddha.

Hale

He koho nui ʻokoʻa ʻo Varanasi - ma kahi o 400 mau hōkele, nā hale hoʻokipa a me nā hale hoʻokipa. ʻO ke kumu, hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ke kūlanakauhale i 4 mau wahi nui:

ʻO ka wahi a puni ka crematoria e nānā pono ana i ka muliwai ʻo Ganges. Kupanaha, akā ʻo kēia ʻāpana o ke kūlanakauhale ke koi nui ʻia ma waena o nā poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Wehe ʻia kahi nānā nani o ka muliwai mai aneʻi, akā, no nā kumu maopopo, aia kahi ʻaʻala kikoʻī loa, a inā ʻoe e nānā i lalo, ʻaʻole ke kiʻi mai nā puka aniani ʻoi loa ka rosy. ʻOi aku ke kiʻekiʻe o nā kumukūʻai ma aneʻi, a inā ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e nānā i ka poʻe e hele i kekahi honua i ke ao a me ka pō, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ʻaʻole e kū ma aneʻi.
ʻO "Rural" kahi o ke kūlanakauhale ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe o nā Ganges. Nui a hewahewa kekahi mau hōkele ma aneʻi, akā nui nā mākaʻikaʻi e hōʻike nei hiki i kēia ʻāpana o Varanasi ke lilo i mea weliweli no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi - ʻaʻole maikaʻi nā kamaʻāina āpau i nā haole.
ʻO Gali a i ʻole ka ʻāpana o nā alanui kūiki ka wahi kūpono loa no ka poʻe e makemake e ʻike i ke ʻano o ke kaona, akā ʻaʻole makemake e nānā i ke ahi o nā kupapaʻu. Aia ka hapa nui o nā wahi hoihoi i kahi kokoke, kahi e nani ai ka wahi no ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi. Aia nā mea maikaʻi ʻole i ka helu nui o ka poʻe a me ka helu nui o nā ʻīpuka ʻeleʻele.

ʻO ka ʻāpana o Varanasi ka mea palekana loa. Aia nā hōkele pipiʻi loa a aneʻi, a aia nā kikowaena keʻena nui ma kahi kokoke. Aia nā kumukūʻai ma luna o ka awelika.

ʻO kahi hōkele 3 * no kahi pō no ʻelua ma kahi kiʻekiʻe e uku ʻia 30-50 kālā. He mea nui e hoʻomaopopo he maikaʻi nā lumi i ka hapanui o nā hōkele, a aia nā mea āpau e pono ai no kahi noho hōʻoluʻolu: nā lumi ākea, nā ea ea, ka lumipaku ponoʻī a me nā pono pono āpau i loko o ka lumi. Aia kekahi hale kope kokoke i ka nui o nā hōkele.

A ʻo nā hale hoʻokipa, ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o nā kumukūʻai. No laila, he $ 21-28 ka pō no ʻelua no ke kiʻekiʻe. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā lumi ma mua o nā hōkele. ʻAʻohe hale ʻauʻau ʻokoʻa a me ka lumi kuke.

E ʻoluʻolu he wahi kaulana loa ʻo Varanasi a pono e kau ʻia nā lumi hōkele ma kahi o 2-3 mau mahina ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana.

Pehea e hele ai mai Delhi

Hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ʻo Delhi a me Varanasi e 820 km, a hiki ke lanakila ʻia e nā ʻano o ka halihali aʻe.

Mokulele

ʻO kēia ke koho ʻoluʻolu loa, a ʻōlelo ʻia nā mākaʻikaʻi he nui e hāʻawi i ka makemake iā ia, no ka mea, i ka wela India, ʻaʻole hiki i nā mea āpau ke huakaʻi no 10-11 mau hola i kahi kaʻaahi a kaʻaahi paha.

Pono ʻoe e hele i ke subway a hele i ka Indira Gandhi International Airport Station. E lawe aʻe i kahi mokulele a lele i Varanasi. ʻO ka manawa huakaʻi e 1 hola 20 mau minuke. ʻO ka uku kumukūʻai likiki he 28-32 euro (kaukaʻi ʻia i ke kau a me ka manawa o ka lele).

Lele kekahi mau mokulele ma kēia ʻaoʻao i ka manawa hoʻokahi: IndiGo, SpiceJet, Air India a me Vistara. Pili like kā lākou uku balota, no laila he mea kūpono e hele i nā pūnaewele mana o nā mokulele āpau.

Kaʻaahi

E hele i ke kaʻaahi 12562 ma ke kahua ʻo New Delhi a hele ma ke kū ʻo Varanasi Jn. ʻO 12 ka manawa huakaʻi, a ʻo ke kumukūʻai he 5-6 euro wale nō ia. Holo nā kaʻaahi 2-3 manawa i ka lā.

Eia nō naʻe, pono e noʻonoʻo he paʻakikī loa ke kūʻai ʻana i kahi likiki kaʻaahi, ʻoiai ua kūʻai ʻia lākou e nā kamaʻāina kūloko ma hope koke iho o ko lākou kū ʻana ma ka pahu. ʻAʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kūʻai mai ma ka pūnaewele. He mea kūpono nō hoʻi ia e ʻike i ka lohi o ke kaʻaahi a ʻaʻole hoʻi e hōʻea loa, no laila ʻaʻole kēia ke ʻano ʻoi loa o ka lawe no kahi mākaʻikaʻi.

Pahi kaʻa

Pono ʻoe e kau ma ke kahua kaʻaahi ʻo New Delhi a hele i ke kahua ʻo Lucknow (lawe - RedBus). Ma laila ʻoe e hoʻololi ai i kahi kaʻa ʻōhua a hiki i Varanasi a iho ma ke kū o Varanasi (lawelawe ʻia e UPSRTC). Ka manawa huakaʻi - 10 mau hola + 7 mau hola. ʻO ke kumukūʻai ma kahi o 20 euro no nā likiki ʻelua. Holo nā kaʻa ʻōhua 2 manawa i ka lā.

Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻopaʻa i kahi likiki a hāhai i nā hoʻololi o ka manawa ma ka pūnaewele official o ka lawe RedBus: www.redbus.in

ʻO nā kumukūʻai āpau ma ka ʻaoʻao no Nowemapa 2019.

Hoʻohālikelike i nā kumukūʻai noho me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēia palapala

ʻIkepili Hoihoi

Manaʻo ka poʻe Hindus inā make lākou i Varanasi laʻa, hiki lākou i ka mokuʻāina o moksha - nā mana kiʻekiʻe e hoʻokuʻu iā lākou i ka ʻeha a hoʻokuʻu iā lākou mai ka pōʻaiapuni pau ʻole o ke ola a me ka make.
Inā makemake ʻoe e kiʻi i nā kiʻi nani o ke kaona ʻo Varanasi, e hele i ka embankment ma 5-6 i ke kakahiaka - i kēia manawa o ka lā ʻaʻole ikaika ka uahi o nā ahi, a me kahi haze māmā e kūʻē i ke kua o ka puka ʻana o ka lā e nani ke nānā aku.
ʻIke ʻia ʻo Varanasi kahi hānau o "siliki Benares" - kekahi o nā lole makamae loa i loaʻa wale ma India. Hoʻohana mau ʻia ia e hana i nā saree e hiki ai ke lilo i mau haneli kālā.

ʻO Varanasi kahi aniau subtropical huluhulu a wela i kēlā me kēia manawa o ka makahiki. ʻO nā mahina kūpono loa e kipa aku ai i ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Kēkēmapa-Pepeluali. I kēia manawa, ʻaʻole piʻi ka mahana ma luna o 21-22 ° C.
ʻAʻole wale nā Indians e hele mai i Varanasi e make - He poʻe kipa pinepine ka poʻe ʻAmelika a me ko ʻEulopa.
ʻO Varanasi kahi hānau o Patanjali, ke kāne nāna i hoʻomohala i ka grammar India a me Ayurveda.