According to American writer Mark Twain "Banaras is older than history , older than tradition, older even than legend and looks twice as old as all of them put together ".According to the 'Vamuna Purana',the Varuna and Assi rivers originated from the body of the primordial person at the beginning of time itself ,the tract of land lying between them is believed to be 'Varanasi' ,the holiest of all pilgrimages.
