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Benares

British  
/ bɪˈnɑːrɪz /

noun

  1. the former name of Varanasi

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The court heard they had been in contact prior to the Annabel's incident, including for lunch meetings at Benares and the Beaverbrook Town House five-star hotel.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2026

Nearby, Aankit Malhotra took over Indian restaurant Benares with his brother in 2019.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

Now, Benares has about 10 lunch orders a day, down from 100.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 13, 2021

“Alice came to be a friend across time,” Taseer writes, though the two writers arrive at vastly different conclusions following their stays in Benares.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 30, 2019

Nicolas spent a year as a beggar, following the path of the yogis, across the Himalayas, through Katmandu, along the Ganges, and on to Benares, all on foot.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende