Best tourist places to visit near Varanasi
Around Varanasi there are several places for tourist that makes tourist to stay more nights in Varanasi .some of them can be visited as excursion and for visiting some place you may need to stay a night over there .In this we are highlighting few places that can be cover easily from Varanasi .
1 Chunar fort
Chunar is situated at the distance of around 18 km towards the south which is an historical fort where British , Hindu and Mughal king ruled over there .Its a beautiful fort made of sandstone situated on the bank of river Ganges attract thousand of tourist every year or history lover .around place there are few water fall and ashram that can be visited easily. On the way to Chunar one can visit Shitala Devi temple one of the nine manifestation of Goddess Duraga in Adalpura .
2 Vindhayachal Devi Shaktipeeth
Vindhyachal is one of the shakipeeth in Uttarpradesh situated in the district of Mirzapur at the distance of seventy kelometer on the way to Allahabad also known as Prayagraj . this is temple is in vindhrange and its visited by many pilgrims every year especially during Navratri festival pilgrims all over the India travel to vindhyachal to have darshan of shakipeeth .recently government has stared a special destination for this sight.
Things to see : Main Vindhachal devi temple , Astbhuji temple , Kalikhioh temple and there are few ashram where you could stay and experience the spiritual in Vindhaychal.
How to reach : nearest airport is Varanasi airport b and nearest railway station is Mirzapur however you can travel by road from Varanasi and other destination of Uttar Paresh and neighboring states .
3 Sitmarhi
Sitamarhi is beautiful and historical place situated in the Bhadohi district of Uttar pradesh at the distance of around 80 Km on the way Prayagarj and this place is be said where mother sita went inside mother’s earth lap. There is one temple of mother sita symbolising going inside the earth and at the entrance of sitamarhi there is one big statue of lord Hanuman .Tourist also can do boating over here in the evening and there is one guest house for guest to stay .
How to reach : Nearest airport is Varanasi Airpot
Nearest Railway station : Varanasi and Allahabad
you can travel top this place by road on highway to Prayagaraj and then travel towards south
4 Prayagraj
Prayagraj is one of the most important city for Hindus situated on the bank of three holy rivers Ganges , Yamuna and Srswati where sraswati believe to blowing under the surface and you could see the exact confluence of Ganga and Yamuna .on the bank of yamua Allahabad fort is situated which tells about Indian History .This icity is full of history and myth and also known as Prayagraj and It is beeleive in Hindu mytholioyy that this is king of all the pilgrims called Tirthraj .
Places to See : Allahabad Fort , Triveni sangam , Patalpuri Hanuman Temple , Akshay vat temple , Alepo devi shakatipeeth temple etc
How to Reach :
By Air :Allahabad airport and Varanasi Airport
By road : connected to major cities of Uttar Pradesh and neighboring state
By rail : It has Allahabad junction
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