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The Bir Babas of Varanasi: Tracing Kashi’s Hidden Guardian Shrines
The sacred map beneath the street map The Bir Babas of Varanasi Hundreds of small guardian shrines once marked—and often still mark—the boundaries, memories and identities of Kashi’s neighbourhood…
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Mangraha Baba Mandir, Varanasi
Folk guardians of Kashi Mangraha Bir Baba Mandir At Salarpur, a guardian remembered across “52 villages” reveals the rural foundations beneath modern Varanasi—deeh worship, collective protection, ora…