Varanasi and religion
- Buddha is believed to have founded Buddhism here around 528 BCE when he gave his first sermon, "The Setting in Motion of the Wheel of Dharma", at nearby Sarnath.
- The city's religious importance continued to grow in the 8th century, when Adi Shankara established the worship of Shiva as an official sect of Varanasi
- Tulsidas wrote his epic poem on Rama's life called Ram Charit Manas in Varanasi. Guru Nanak visited Varanasi for Maha Shivaratri in 1507, a trip that played a large role in the founding of Sikhism
- Dying in Varanasi is considered to be the best way to attain salvation or moksha by hindus
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