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POSTCARD FROM VARANASI

Dear ArchitectureWeek,

Hindu legend says Varanasi is the city of Shiva, founded at the dawn of creation. History says it is one of the world's oldest living cities with a continuous religious, cultural, and intellectual tradition going back to the 6th century BC. Mark Twain said during a visit: 'Benaras is older than history, older than tradition, older than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together.'

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