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Tourism is one of the biggest and fastest-growing economic sectors in the global economy and has significant environmental, cultural, social, and economic effects, both positive and negative. Pilgrimage tourism is one of the pre-requisites of achieving sustainable development which can be taken as a remedy to manage tourism effects. This paper focuses on the sustainable development of pilgrimage tourism in Varanasi situated in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Varanasi has been a tourist spot due to its magnificently diverse religious tourist potential and rich cultural heritage. The main objectives of the study are the formation of tourist areas, to highlight the factors creating hindrances in sustainable tourism development and suggest suitable measures for sustainable development of pilgrimage tourism in Varanasi. A field based systematic survey was carried out at selected tourism spots in the study area. The result of the study brings feasible suggestions and recommendations for further development of tourism in this region.