 When Athens was not even thought of, when Egypt did not exist, when Rome did not even exist in people's minds, Kashi was, it is older than legend, that ancient. Kashi is a phenomenal yantra like never before or never after. The city was not just a dwelling place, it was a mechanism to go beyond all limitations for this tiny little organism to connect with the larger organism of the cosmos. The basic temples are 54 for Shiva, 54 for Shakti. Because in the human body itself, we see that one half is Pingala, other is Heda. So, they created the whole city like this body. This was a center for music, arts, craft, educational center and a commercial center. Albert Einstein said, the western sciences couldn't take a single step without the basis of Indian mathematics and that mathematics came from this place. People have been traveling here from across the world for thousands of years. Gautama came here to give his first teaching and if you're born in India, your only dream is to go to Kashi.