Legends of Varanasi

Saints Kabir Das :

Though there is no clear evidence to lead you to the fact that when this Great Hindi Saint was born in, yet there are some facts and contemporary readings that take Historians to say that Kabir Das was born in the year 1440. Read More....

Munsi Prem Chandra :

Lamhi or Lamahi is a village near the holy city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Well known Hindu and Urdu writer Munshi Premchand was born in this village in 1880. It is very near to Sarnath, a famous Buddhist destination in Varanasi where Lord Buddha delivered his first seremon. Read More....

Madan Mohan Malaviya :

Madan Mohan Malaviya was a Hindu Brahmin from Uttar Pradesh. He was an active leader for the cause of freedom of India. Read More....

Goswami Tulsi Das :

Tulsidas is considered to be one of the greatest of the Hindu saints of India. Some say that he was born in 1589, while others say that it was in 1532. There is however, an agreement that he was born in Rajpur India, in present day Uttar Pradesh. He was born to Atmaram Shukla Dube and his wife Hulsi. As a younster, his name was Tulsiram and / or Ram Bola. (Even today in India it is not unusual for a person to have different names, at different times of their life, and to different people).

The great Saint Tulsidas has a close connection with Varanasi. It was in this holy city that he was blessed by Hanuman and by his grace had darshan of his chosen deity, Sri Ram . This place is now revered as the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Mandir. This temple is situated near the Benares Hindu University, and is a much frequented place of worship. The Tulsi Manas Mandir is a comparatively recent temple which has the entire Ram Charit Manas written by Tulsidas inscribed on its walls. Sant Tulsidas left his mortal coil to merge with his beloved Ram on the banks of the Ganga near Asi Ghat. A new Ghat, named after him as Tulsi Ghat. Read More....

Saints Ravidas :

Ravidas was born in the village of Seer Goverdhanpur, near Varanasi Uttar Pradesh at 1398 and death 1540 , India. His birthplace is now known as Shri Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan . Mata Ghurbinia was his mother, and his father was Raghuram. His parents belonged to a leather-working Chamar community making them an untouchable caste . While his original occupation was leather work, he began to spend most of his time in spiritual pursuits as a Vaishnava Hindu in the Ramananda tradition.Thereafter he spent most of his life in the company of Hindu saints, sadhus and ascetics Read More....