बानारस एबा बेनारेसनि इंराजी महरफोर गोबांआनो दाबो बाहायो, जेराव धोरोमारिफोरा बेखौ खासिहोनना मुंख’यो, सिगाङाव थाम रोजा बोसोर सिगां बाहायजादोंमोन रायजोखौ आरो बाहेरानि नोगोरखौ बरनायनो जायखौ बुद्धा गावनि सेथि धोरोम-बोसोन; शिवनि सोरांखौ मुंख’नानै“सोरांनि नोगोर” कासिकाबो बुंजानाय, “गोजों मोनसे”खौ धोरोम-फोसावदोंमोन।
Many still use the anglicized forms of Banaras or Benares, while pilgrims refer to it Kashi, first used three thousand years ago to describe the kingdom and the city outside which the Buddha preached his first sermon; the "City of Light" is also called Kashika, "the shining one", referring to the light of Shiva.