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Varanasi

India

Watercolour of Varanasi, India. Centered around The sacred stone ghats (Dashashwamedh and Manikarnika) along the crescent curve of the Ganges, Kashi Vishwanath Temple, and morning boats, with Kashi Vishwanath Temple and sacred Gangetic plain flora.
AI-generated artistic rendering. Painted from written research on the city's setting, architecture and materials — not from a photograph.
What guided this image
Landmarks
Kashi Vishwanath Temple; sacred Gangetic plain flora; Ganges
Viewpoint
Favor the classic viewpoint looking across the landscape toward the signature landmarks of Varanasi, showing regional foliage and foreground textures, the iconic architectural monuments in the middle-ground, and the distant horizon fading in the background.
Palette
Green should be the predominant color, especially in peepal trees shading the stone ghats, banyans, and floating marigold garlands.
Population1,164,404Wikidata: 1,198,491
Coordinates25.32°N, 83.01°E
Elevation76 m
Area82 km²
Time zoneAsia/KolkataUTC+5:30
Solar noon11:58clock runs 0.0 h behind the sun

Through the Earth

Dig straight through the Earth from Varanasi and you surface in open ocean, nearest to Hanga Roa, Chile — 1,256 km from the exact antipodal point.

Nearest cities in the atlas

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PatnaIN216 km
LucknowIN269 km
KanpurIN295 km
RanchiIN321 km
KathmanduNP351 km
DhanbadIN385 km
JabalpurIN392 km

Twinned cities

Wikidata records no twinned cities for Varanasi inside this atlas.

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