Varanasi

Parshvanatha, the twenty-third Tirthankara, rescued a snake from a hermit's fire, and that single act of compassion shaped the rest of his path to liberation.

Suparshvanatha, born at Varanasi, renounced his throne after watching leaves fall, becoming the seventh Tirthankara through the plainest of life's lessons.

Guru Ravidas Janam Asthan in Seer Govardhanpur, Varanasi, marks his birthplace and is the most significant pilgrimage site for the Ravidassia community.

Kabir Chaura in Varanasi, traditionally revered as Kabir's home and the site where his guru Ramananda accepted him, now the seat of the Kabir Panth.

The Kashi Pancha Kroshi Yatra is a five-day, fifty-mile parikrama around Varanasi, with halts at Kardameshwar, Bhimchandi, Rameshwar, Shivpur and Kapildhara.