The economic importance of Varanasi

• Varanasi lies along NH2, and is served by Varanasi Junction railway station and Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport.
• Silk weaving, carpets and crafts and tourism employ a significant number of the local population, as do the Banaras Locomotive Works and Bharat Heavy Electcls.
• The city has long been an educational and musical centre, many prominent Indian philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians have lived in the city, and it was the place where the Benares gharana form of Hindustani classical music was developed. One of Asia's largest residential universities is Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi , also known as Benares, is a city on the banks of the river Ganges in Uttar Pradesh , India. A major religious hub in