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Shall we begin with a thread on the Visvanathashtakam?

(I'm using the spelling I'm comfortable with. Please forgive the non-use of diacritics)

Visvanatha is the Lord of the Universe, the form of Siva in the town of Varanasi. #KashiVishwanathCorridor
Varanasi, a city that is "Older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend, and looks twice as old as all of them put together", according to Mark Twain.

A city that is among the oldest continuously inhabited cities of the planet.
A city that like several others in the world, gets its name from the rivers which cradled civilisation on their banks.

The old town of Varanasi lies on the banks of the Varuna and Assi rivers.

(Ganga Aarti on the Assi Ghat)
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