Varanasi: City Immersed in Prayer

by David Scheinbaum

Book Overview

Finalist for Best Book in Religion 2022 INDIES Book of the Year

Varanasi, also known as Kashi and Banaras, is a city in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh dating to the 11th century B.C.E. Regarded as the spiritual capital of India, the city draws Hindu pilgrims who bathe in the Ganges River's sacred waters for prayer and ritual. In Varanasi, one is in a time warp where one is living in history as if time has never stopped, for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938086961
• ISBN13: 9781938086960
• Release Date: December 2022
• Publisher: George F Thompson Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 3.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 13.1" x 10.7"