Gorakhpur

Gorakhpur takes its name from the Nath yogi Gorakhnath, whose math continues to shape the religious and political life of the city. As a railway junction, it connects the eastern plains to Bihar and Nepal. Writers as different as Premchand and Firaq Gorakhpuri were shaped here. The surrounding districts of the terai — forests, rivers, border country — lend the city a texture quite distinct from Varanasi or Allahabad.