The legend has it that Lord Ram, his wife Sita and brother Lakshman stayed in Chitrakoot for eleven and half of their 14 years in exile.
Located 10 kilometres northeast of Varanasi, Sarnath is where, circa 528 BCE, at 35 years of age, Gautama Buddha delivered his first sermon after attaining enlightenment at Bodh Gaya.
Lord Krishna is said to have born on the site of Sri Krishna Janma Bhoomi, a temple in Mathura.
Lord Krishna is said to have spent his childhood here. Vrindavan is home to temples, many dedicated to Krishna and his lover, the deity Radha.
Mark Twain once said that Varanasi is “older than history, older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together”. The city’s winding streets have some 2,000 temples, including Kashi Vishwanath, dedicated to the Hindu god Lord Shiva.