City of temples
Varanasi has been destroyed four times by Muslim invaders between 11th to 17th centuries but it has been re-built. In Varanasi, there are over 3000 Hindu temples, 1400 mosques, 12 churches, 3 Jain temples, 9 Buddhist temples and 3 Sikh temples.
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