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| a city in SE Uttar Pradesh, in NE India, on the Ganges River: Hindu holy city. 582,915. |
| Be·na·res (bə-när'əs, -ēz) See Varanasi. |
| Va·ra·na·si (və-rä'nə-sē) A city of northeast-central India on the Ganges River southeast of Lucknow. One of India's oldest cities, it is a sacred Hindu pilgrimage site with some 1,500 temples, palaces, and shrines. Population: 1,100,000. |
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