EXPLORINGVaranasi

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Varanasi

What changed here before Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service looked the way it does today?

Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service is an Indian non-governmental organisation (NGO) located in Varanasi (formerly known as Banaras), established in 1900, and a branch of Ramakrishna Mission since 1902. It manages an education program on essential health issues in schools, slums and villages of Uttar Pradesh (India) thanks to auto-produced multimedia educational movies. It also gives health care and supplies free medicines to penniless people at its charitable hospital and two hospices.

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What changed here before Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya looked the way it does today?

Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya (IAST: Sampūrṇānand Saṃskṛta Viśvavidyālaya, Vāraṇāsī; formerly Varanaseya Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya and Government Sanskrit College, Varanasi) is an Indian university and institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the largest Sanskrit universities in the world. The university offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate programs in various disciplines. The university has been accredited by NAAC and recognized by UGC.

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What problem did Banaras Locomotive Works solve differently?

The Banaras Locomotive Works (BLW), formerly Diesel Locomotive Works (DLW), is an Indian state-owned production unit of Indian Railways situated in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. DLW was renamed BLW in 2020.

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1900

Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service

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1952

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 80 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Uttar Pradesh state in India. Narendra Modi has been elected thrice from this constituency to become the Prime Minister of India. His party, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is the most successful in Varanasi, having won a total of 8 terms since the constituency was established in 1952.

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2020

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Varanasi

What changed here before Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service looked the way it does today?

Don’t tour the city.Notice it.

Three reasons to look closer.

What changed here before Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service looked the way it does today?

What changed here before Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya looked the way it does today?

What problem did Banaras Locomotive Works solve differently?

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See what changed.

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Hidden history

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Architecture

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People & culture

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Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service

Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency

Banaras Locomotive Works

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