Terrible Ravana is from East city (8)

I believe the answer is:

varanasi

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'city' is the definition.
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'terrible ravana is from east' is the wordplay.
'terrible' indicates anagramming the letters.
'from east' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'is' reversed gives 'si'.
'ravana' with letters rearranged gives 'varana'.
'varana'+'si'='VARANASI'

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I've seen this clue in The Hindu.

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