Isakhiwo sodumo saseTaj Nadesar Palace, eVaranasi sibe nenhlanhla yokusingatha uMongameli waseFrance, u-Emmanuel Macron ngesidlo sasemini sendabuko samaNdiya namhlanje ntambama. Owayehamba naye kwakunguNdunankulu uNarendra Modi, uNdunankulu waseNdiya kanye nezinye izicukuthwane zikaHulumeni ezimbalwa. UMongameli Macron, oseNdiya njengengxenye yokuvakasha kwezinsuku ezine ujabulile ngesiginesha ethi “Saatvik Thali”, okusho ukuthi “ukudla okuvela emathempelini” anikezwe wona. Ukusabalala kwemifino ebabazekayo, i-sans anyanisi nesweli kukhethwe yi-Taj Nadesar Palace ukuze kwakheke umuzwa wasendaweni wesikhulu esivakashile.
Isidlo sasemini besiwumfanekiso ofanelekile wesiko kanye nokudla kwendawo, okuhlanganisa amanzi athambile kakhukhunathi, i-jeera chaas, i-Palak Patta Chaat, i-Aloo Dum Banarasi, i-Benarasi Kadhi Pakora, ne-Baingan Kalounji kanye nezinye izinketho ezimbalwa. Uphudingi olunjengoGajar Ka Halwa kanye no-Kesariya Rasmalai baqede konke nge-quintessential Benarasi paan.
Yakhelwe ngo-1835 nguJames Prinsep wabahlali baseBrithani ngaleso sikhathi, lesi sigodlo sagcina sesiyindawo yokuhlala yomndeni wasebukhosini bakwaBenaras futhi saqanjwa ngoNkulunkulukazi uNadesari, unkosikazi kaShiva. I-Taj Nadesar Palace ibilokhu ifana nezasebukhosini kanye nezikhulu zezwe ezidumile kusukela ngo-1835 futhi ibambe iqhaza kubantu abahlukahlukene abadumile njengeNkosana neNkosazana yaseWales, kamuva eyaba yiNkosi uGeorge V kanye neNdlovukazi uMary, iNdlovukazi u-Elizabeth II, iNkosi u-Ibn Saud yaseSaudi Arabia, Lord Mountbatten, Jawaharlal Nehru kanye nobuNgcwele Bakhe uDalai Lama.
