India in Five Sacred Sites The Crowded Planet
Jun 02, 2014· Varanasi is Shiva''s sacred city, built on the banks of the most sacred river of all, the Ganges. Varanasi is sacred in every stone, every twisted alleyway, every step leading to the waters of that eternal river. It is the longest continuously inhabited city on Earth; for four thousand years people have dwelled under its roofs.