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Varanasi's urban development is an indication of its religious significance. By the time of the Buddha it was already famous as a place for seekers of religious knowledge and spiritual experience. After attaining Enlightenment at Bodhgaya, Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha preached the first sermon in the Deer Park at nearby Sarnath, thereby founding the Buddhist faith. In the 7th century ad Xuanzang, the Chinese Buddhist pilgrim, visited Varanasi; he noted that, while Buddhism was still flourishing at Sarnath, it was not a force in Varanasi proper. Mahavira, contemporary of Buddha and the inaugurator of Jainism, also preached in Varanasi. Kashi was known as the City of Shiva. However, it is most famous as the City of Death. According to the Hindu theory of reincarnation, one must travel through myriad existences in order to be released from the eternal round of birth and death to achieve union with the Divine. Kashi is so potent that simply to die there is to achieve instant liberation (Skt moks) and for centuries pilgrims from all over India have journeyed there to die. The ghāts and their environs are crowded with buildings devoted to religious purposes: āshrams for the thousands of widows who come from all over India to devote their lives to piety and austerity and for the old and sick who come here to die; accommodation for the crowds of holy men (sādhus) and renouncers (sannyāsins) as well as for the masses of pilgrims who crowd the city. 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