Khadim's shoe shop in Varanasi

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Khadim's - one of the most famous and popular footwear stores in Varanasi. Lots of other activities like selling, buying of street foods, clothes and busy traffics seen in the streets of Varanasi... Varanasi is also known as Benares, Banaras or Kashi , is an Indian city on the banks of the Ganges (Ganga) in Uttar Pradesh, 320 kilometres (200 mi) southeast of the state capital, Lucknow. It is the holiest of the seven sacred cities (Sapta Puri) in Hinduism and Jainism, and played an important role in the development of Buddhism. Some Hindus believe that death at Varanasi brings salvation. It is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Varanasi is also known as the favourite city of the Hindu deity Lord Shiva as it has been mentioned in the Rigveda that this city at older