Hinduism

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intoxicants, and gabling, and grihasta, or lay members who marry and have families. They are proselytizers who actively seek converts. In the mid-1980s the Hare Krishna movement had more than 200 centers in the United States, Europe, Asia, Latin America, and Africa. In the United States it was troubled by internal disputes that reportedly led to several killings, and was accused by critics of other illegal activities as well.

Varanasi

Varanasi (or Benares) is a sacred city for Hindus in Uttar Pradesh state, northern India, situated on the north bank of the Ganges River. Its population is 582,856 and rising. Jewelry, brasswork, lacquered toys, and gold-embroidered saris are important handcraft products. The city's tourist industry caters tothe many pilgrims who visit the holy city each year. Varanasi contains maore than 1500 temples and mosques. Almost all of the city's 3 mile of river banks have been converted into ghats (brick steps), where worshipers bathe in the ...

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