Re: Idioms containing names of cities
it means:
** taking/telling someone to take a longer route**
ek shahr BaaNs Bareilly [Bareilly] hai aur dusra hai Rai Bareli…
jaanaa ho Bareilly [of Wasim Barelvi] to bataayeN k pahle aap Rai Bareli [is shahr ke ek qasbe, AmeThii, se Indira Gandhi N her family members contest elections] jaaiye phir vahaN se BaaNs Bareilly jaaiye. 