The Ramnagar Fort stands about 14 km from Varanasi on the opposite bank of the River Ganga. It is the ancestral home of the Maharaja of Banaras. Maharaja Balwant Singh built this fort-palace in the eighteenth century. Builders constructed the fort using red sandstone. Within the grounds of Ramnagar Fort, a temple and a museum stand, with the temple dedicated to Ved Vyasa, the writer of the great Indian epic Mahabharata. Legends have it that Ved Vyasa stayed here for a brief period.
The Ramnagar fort houses a museum displaying the Royal collection which includes vintage Cars, Royal talkies, an armory of swords and old guns, ivory work and antique clocks. The Durga Temple and Chhinnamastika Temple are also Located at Ramnagar. A temple of Dakshin Mukhi Hanuman is there. Inside the giant walls of the Ramnagar fort-palace, there is a big clock. This clock shows year, month, week, day, and sun, moon, and star constellation information. Ornate palanquins, gold-plated howdahs, and swords are also on show in Ramnagar Fort Palace.
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