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Banaras -A City or Civilization. Sri Amitabh Bhattacharya (Renowned journalist and scholar, Varanasi) Benaras - A city living through ages where other cities progress and thrive up on modernity, it stands as an example of enlightening oneself to the highest state of self actualisation. it is a city of detachment of desires or enable one to elevate once mind to state of desireless. It gives the meaning of life. Manikarnika Ghat and Harichandra Ghat tells the world about the ultimate meaning of human life where the human body again becomes part of the nature. It has a history, and it has a strong foundation. This foundation is the cornerstone of the the richness of the pluralistic life and culture which survived the invasions of Mughals, British and at the same time it shown the world coexistence of faiths and religious tolerance. 27 religious identities live in Banaras in absolute harmony. The city is lives with Lord Shiv, the Ganga is the fluid form of Shiv and the