Varanasi enjoys reputation of being one of the oldest living cities of the
world. Recent archaeological findings, for instance, take the antiquity of this
city contemporary to the Later Vedic period (about 1800 BCE). The cultural
history of this city is woven with multi-layered composition of myths and
folklores. Each important locality of the city has some mythology in its
background, which seems to convey significant happening of the past. Myths have
deep roots in our society, and sprout over the fertile cultural canvas of the
past.