#WATCH# | Varanasi, UP: CM Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu, Union Minister Chirag Paswan, BJP State President and MoS Pankaj Chaudhary offer prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple.

World’s oldest inhabited cities: 🇮🇳 Varanasi: 3,000 years 🇪🇸 Cádiz: 3,100 years 🇬🇷 Thebes: 3,400 years 🇨🇾 Larnaca: 3,400 years 🇬🇷 Athens: 3,400 years 🇦🇫 Balkh: 3,500 years 🇮🇶 Kirkuk: 4,200 years 🇮🇶 Arbil: 4,300 years 🇱🇧 Tyre: 4,750 years 🇮🇱🇵🇸 Jerusalem: 4,800 years 🇱🇧 Beirut: 5,000 years 🇹🇷 Gaziantep: 5,650 years 🇧🇬 Plovdiv: 6,000 years 🇱🇧 Sidon: 6,000 years 🇪🇬 Faiyum: 6,000 years 🇮🇷 Susa: 6,200 years 🇸🇾 Damascus: 6,300 years 🇸🇾 Aleppo: 6,300 years 🇱🇧 Byblos: 7,000 years 🇬🇷 Argos: 7,000 years 🇵🇸 Jericho: 11,000 years This list may not be exhaustive

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu offered prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi on Thursday. Union Minister Chirag Paswan and BJP state president and MoS Pankaj Chaudhary were also present. #KashiVishwanath# #Varanasi# #YogiAdityanath# #RajnathSingh# #ChandrababuNaidu# #ChiragPaswan#

Boost in connectivity! From #Kolkata# to #NewDelhi# in approx 23 hrs. Daily bus services by #Shyamoli# inaugurated by Transport Minister Arjun Singh today Bus will also stop at Patna, Ayodhya, Prayagraj and Varanasi for passengers, opening up the temple circuit by road.

A Banaras connect in Bratislava! At the Presidential Palace in Bratislava yesterday, President Pellegrini and I viewed a fascinating exhibition centred on Varanasi, including works by Slovak artists who had recently visited the city. Art and culture truly have a unique ability to bring people closer. My compliments to all those whose works featured in this exhibition. @PellegriniP_