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Salarpur, Varanasi

Salarpur is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Salarpur, Varanasi
Salarpur, Varanasi · Kuber Patel, Rosehub (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The place

Salarpur is a census town in Varanasi tehsil of Varanasi district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The census town & village falls under the Salarpur gram panchayat. Salarpur Census town & village is about 8 kilometres North-East of Varanasi railway station, 329 kilometres South-East of Lucknow and 4 kilometres South-East of Sarnath.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Salarpur, Varanasi

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Kashi Vishwanath Temple

    Kashi Vishwanath Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva. It is located in Vishwanath Gali, in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India.

    5.5 km · Hindu temple in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Gyanvapi Mosque

    The Gyanvapi Mosque is a mosque located in Varanasi, in the state of Uttar Pradesh, India. The site was originally an ancient Hindu temple of Shiva or "Kashi Vishveshwara", one of the twelve sacred Jyotirlingas.

    5.5 km · Mosque in India · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Alamgir Mosque

    The Alamgir Mosque, also known as the Aurangzeb's Mosque, is a mosque in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India. The mosque is located at a prominent site above the Panchaganga Ghat.

    4.7 km · mosque in Varanasi, India · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Sarnath Museum

    Sarnath Museum, or Archaeological Museum Sarnath, is the oldest site museum of the Archaeological Survey of India. It houses the findings and excavations at the archaeological site of Sarnath, by the Archaeological Survey of India.

    3.3 km · archaeological museum in Saranath · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Manikarnika Ghat

    Manikarnika Ghat is one of the oldest and sacred ghats on the banks of the River Ganges, in the city of Varanasi in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is included in the 84 ghats of Varanasi.

    5.3 km · Hindu shrine and open crematorium · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Sampurnanand Sanskrit University

    Sampurnanand Sanskrit Vishwavidyalaya is an Indian university and institution of higher learning located in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of the largest Sanskrit universities in the world.

    4.8 km · state public university in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Vishalakshi Temple

    The Vishalakshi Devi Temple, also known as Vishalakshi Gauri Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Varanasi dedicated to the goddess Parvati. It is regarded as one of the 51 Shakti Pithas, where Shakti is worshipped as Vishalakshi Devi and Bhairava as Kaal Bhairav.

    5.5 km · temple dedicated to Vishalakshi in India · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Man Singh Observatory

    Jantar Mantar in Varanasi is an observatory designed to be used with the naked eye. It is one of the five Jantar Mantar in India and was built in 1737 by Maharaja Jai Singh II of the Kingdom of Amber.

    5.8 km · observatory in Varnasi, India · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Lalita Ghat

    Lalita Ghat is one of the main ghats on the Ganges River in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. The ghat is named after Hindu Goddess Lalita and was built in early 19th century by King of Nepal, Rana Bahadur Shah.

    5.5 km · historic site in Varanasi · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Nepali Mandir

    Shri Samrajeswar Pashupatinath Mahadev Mandir, also known as the Nepali Mandir, Kanthwala Mandir, and Mini Khajuraho, is one of the oldest and most famous temples in the holy city of Varanasi. The temple holds great religious importance in Hinduism and is dedicated to the Lord Shiva.

    5.5 km · Hindu temple in Varanasi, India · Wikipedia

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Getting to Salarpur, Varanasi

Airports
Lal Bahadur Shastri (VNS), 21 km · Gautam Buddha (BWA), 242 km · Chaudhary Charan Singh (LKO), 266 km
Stations
Varanasi City railway station, 3.3 km · Kashi Railway station, 3.1 km
  • Lucknow → Salarpur, Varanasi
    268 km · quickest by road, 4h 31m · ₹1,920–2,410
  • Siliguri → Salarpur, Varanasi
    560 km · quickest by air, 6h 46m · ₹6,980–10,720
  • Bhopal → Salarpur, Varanasi
    616 km · quickest by air, 6h 50m · ₹7,250–11,140
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Salarpur, Varanasi

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Salarpur, Varanasi. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inLocal bus No107E departs from near Varanasi Cantt train station (coordinates: 25°19.74981'N, 82°59.36062'E), and costs ₹25 (2023) to Sarnath The town is easily reached by taxi or auto rickshaw from Varanasi.
  • Get inYou can negotiate a better rate with an autorickshaw driver, outside the station.
  • Get inIf you have tons of luggage though, go with the taxi -- it won't fit in the rickshaw.

From Wikivoyage: Sarnath, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

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Around it

Next door to Salarpur, Varanasi

Salarpur, Varanasi is 5 km from Varanasi, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

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  • Sarnathvillage in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India3.5 km
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