Kashi Explained

Kashi or Kaashi most commonly refers to:

• Varanasi (historically known as "Kashi"), a holy city in India

Kashi may also refer to:

Places

• • Kingdom of Kashi, an ancient kingdom in the same place, one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas
  • Kashi Vishwanath Temple, Varanasi
• Uttarkashi (lit. "The Kashi of North"), a town in Uttarakhand
• Kashgar, a city in Xinjiang, China
  • Kashgar Prefecture, the prefecture encompassing the city
• Kashi, Hamadan, a village in Hamadan Province, Iran
• Kashi, Hormozgan, a village in Hormozgan Province, Iran
• Kashan, a city in the province of Isfahan, Iran

Film and television

• Kashi – Ab Na Rahe Tera Kagaz Kora, a 2010 Indian television series on Imagine TV
• Kaashi, a character from the 2018 film Kaashi in Search of Ganga
• Kashi Nath, protagonist of the 1996 Indian film Ghatak

Other uses

• Kashi, a short form of Kashani, a surname
• Kashi (company), U.S. manufacturer of foods, owned by Kellogg Company
• , several ships
• Kashi (actor), Indian actor

See also

• • Kasi (disambiguation)
• Kashinath (disambiguation)
• Kashipur (disambiguation)
• Varanasi (disambiguation)
• Banares (disambiguation)
• Banaras (disambiguation)
• Kashi from Village, a 2005 Indian film
• Kasha, roasted whole-grain buckwheat or buckwheat groats