Why visit Ghazīpur
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About Ghazīpur
Ghazipur is a city in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. Ghazipur City is the administrative headquarters of the Ghazipur district, one of the four districts that form the Varanasi division of Uttar Pradesh. It is located on the Ganges (Ganga) River near the border with Bihar state in eastern Uttar Pradesh, about 40 miles (65 km) northeast of Varanasi (Benares) and also called Lahuri Kashi. The city of Ghazipur also constitutes one of the seven distinct tehsils, or subdivisions, of the Ghazipur district.
From the Wikipedia article Ghazipur (this version), under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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History
As per verbal and folk history, Ghazipur was covered with dense forest during the Vedic era and it was a place for the ashrams of saints during that period. The place is related to the Ramayana period. Jamadagni, the father of Parashurama, is said to have resided here. Gautama Maharishi and Chyavana are believed to have taught and delivered sermons here in the ancient period. Buddha gave his first sermon in Sarnath, which is not far from here. Some sources state that the original name was Gadhipur, which was renamed around 1330 after Ghazi Malik.
A 30 ft. high Ashoka Pillar is situated in Latiya, a village 30 km away from the city near Zamania Tehsil is a symbol of Mauryan Empire. It was declared a monument of national importance and protected by the archeological survey of India. In the report of tours in that area of 1871–72 Alexander Cunningham wrote, "The village receives its name from a stone lat, or monolith".
From the History section of Ghazipur on Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Map of Ghazīpur
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Getting there and nearby towns
Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport (VNS) is the nearest airport with scheduled flights listed in OpenStreetMap, 74 km away.
- Muhammadābād 18 km east, about 18 min by car
- Zamānia 18 km south, about 18 min by car
- Mubārakpur Net 18 km northeast, about 18 min by car
- Sādāt 30 km west, about 30 min by car
- Rāmgarh 33 km south, about 33 min by car
- Saidpur 37 km west, about 37 min by car
- Mau 40 km north, about 40 min by car
- Buxar 40 km east, about 40 min by car
- Rasrā 41 km northeast, about 41 min by car
- Varanasi 65 km southwest, about 1 h by car
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Photo credits
- Tomb of Lord Cornwallis, PiMaur, CC0
- Shah Faiz Public School Ghazipur, Shah Faiz Public School, CC BY-SA 3.0
- ISS034-E-28698 - View of India, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
- ISS034-E-28697 - View of India, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center, Public domain
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