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Kashi: The City That Feels Eternal & Why It Feels Like More Than Just a City

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Kashi/Varanasi/Banaras, the world's oldest city and perhaps the last. I witnessed the beauty of Kashi during the Maha Kumb Mela, which occurs for every 144 years. It was the most crowded city had ever been, with people rushing only to get darshan of Lord Kashi Vishwanath. There were  moments where I felt it looks more than just a city.                                                                                (image from pinterest)                         Streets of Kashi As soon as we landed at the Varanasi airport, the journey from the airport to the city kept switching between different modes of transportation . When we arrived Kashi finally, no taxis were allowed to go further because of vast crowd, then for the very f...