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| Vishwanath Temple (BHU) |
| Standing on the western bank of India's holiest rever Ganges, Varanasi is the oldest surviving city of the world and the cultural capital of India. It is in the heart of this city that there stands in its fullest majesty the Kashi Vishwanath Temple in which is enshrined the Jyotirlinga of Shiva, Vishweshwara or |
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| Bharat Mata Temple |
| Bharat Mata Temple - is dedicated to Mother India and not any member of the Hindu pantheon. It was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. It has a splendid relief map of India carved in marble. It has a huge relief map of the Indian sub-continent showing all its rivers, mountains and pilgrimages.The institutionalised entry of the icon into the |
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| Durga Temple |
| Durga Temple - was built in the Nagara style of North Indian architecture. This temple is unique for the special construction of its spire. Monkeys abound in and around the temple giving it the popular name as Monkey Temple. |
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| Tulsi Manas Temple |
| Tulsi Manas Temple - is dedicated to Lord Rama and is situated at the place where the great medieval seer, Tulsi Das lived and composed the epic \'Ramcharitmanas\' expounding the history of Lord Rama.It is open to all communities. Its white marble walls have the verses of Tulsidas’ Ramcharitmanas inscribed on them. |
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| Adi Keshava Vishnu Temple |
| Adi Keshava Vishnu Temple |
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| Siva-linga temple |
| Siva-linga temple is where the linga is immersed in water. |
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| Annapurna temple |
| Next to the Vishwanath temple is the Annapurna temple, built in the 18th century by Peshwa Baji Rao I. The idol of Annapurna Bhavani (the provider of food), a benevolent form of Shakti, is made in solid gold and carries a cooking pot. There is also a striking silver-faced image of Shani (Saturn) within the temple |
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| Sankat Mochan |
| Sankat Mochan temple, dedicated to the god Hanuman. The name Sankat Mochan means "Liberator from Troubles". The temple is at a walking distance from Durga temple. |
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| The Kashi Vishwanath Temple (Golden Temple) |
| Vishwanath Temple - dedicated to Lord Vishnu who is manifested here as Vishveswara (Lord of the Universe). Rani Ahalya Bai Holkar of Indore erected this temple in 1776. It is located in the heart of the city and surrounded by shops where business seems to go round the clock. This is the most sacred of all shrines in Varanasi. It was built |
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