Visiting Varanasi is considered a sacred affair for Hindus staying around the globe. Home to world famous temples, it attracts millions of pilgrims each year. Varanasi is one of the oldest cities in India and the mysticism of the ancient city is revered by many.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s own constituency, Varanasi has seen a sea-change in terms of development and welfare projects that have been inaugurated offlate. It has touched millions of hearts, and with the onset of development of the Kashi Vishwanath corridor, the city has seen record tourism levels.
Pradeep Bhandari, Founder of Jan Ki Baat & news Director of INDIA NEWS channel rang in the new year reporting from the bylanes of Kashi & how PM Narendra Modi’s efforts to transform Kashi has bore fruit for lakhs of devotees thronging the place daily.
Pradeep Bhandari has been on several such trips to places & temples of high cultural values & spiritual significance. He has spoken at length about doing his part to spread information to the masses on India’s rich hindu Heritage that people now seem to have forgotten.
Varanasi is home to around 23,000 Hindu temples integreated with deep mythology. Visits during Mahashivratri, Diwali, and Dusshera make the temple experience more divine.
There’s much to see in Varanasi from the ghats to the palaces & the sightseeing goes hand in hand with the evening boat ride over the majestic Ganga river that not only enriches your soul but serves as a spiritual soujourn.
Pradeep Bhandari spoke with a boatman on one such ride when he narrated his own experiences of how the entire city has seen massive development in terms of roads & bridges that have been built for commuter convenience.
Speaking to more people served as mere recurrence of assertions made on the rich city’s legacy & Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s efforts to ramp up the cultural infrastructure in the city.
A man from Los Angeles who was visiting the city for the first time spoke to Pradeep about his experience of witnessing the magical grandeur of the entire place & appraised the govt for keeping the city so clean.
The city has seen considerable work to free up its skies of wire labyrinth through the govt decision to make the electricity distribution network completely underground, and quite favourably so, it has achieved the distinction of becoming a ‘ wireless city’.
Pradeep Bhandari also visited the famous statue of queen Ahilyabai Holkar installed at the Kashi Vishwanath Dham. Ahilyabai Holkar was one of the most well-known queens to have presided over the Maratha Empire in the 18th century. She was best known for being the preserver of the Hindu temples across the length and breadth of the country.
Pradeep Bhandari ended his trip to Varanasi with a short report on how India assuming G20 Presidency is a step forward to ensure her strategic importance given the changing geopolitical dynamics & rising strategic convergence of the global order.
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