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Varanasi is a city of temples. There is a temple near to almost every road crossing. These small temples form the basis of daily local prayers and other rituals. There are also many large temples, erected at different times throughout the history of Varanasi.

Aghori

Baba Keenaram Sthal

Baba Keenaram Sthal headquarters and location of the world famous Pilgrim of Aghora sect. Work place of great saint Baba Keenaram. One of the most visited places in Varanasi, by researchers, documentary makers, writers and tourists.

• Aghori at a ghat in Varanasi.
• An Aghori with a human skull, c. 1875.

Bharat Mata

Bharat Mata Mandir

The Bharat Mata temple at Varanasi is the only temple dedicated to Bharat Mata. It is located on the Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth campus. The Bharat Mata temple was built by Babu Shiv Prasad Gupt and inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936. The statute of Bharat Mata is built in marble and is a model of undivided India, depicting the mountains, plains and oceans. The most peculiar thing about the Bharat Mata Temple is that, instead of the customary gods and goddesses, it houses a relief map of India, carved out of marble.

• Relief map of India in Bharat Mata Mandir

Goddess Durga or Avatar

Durga Mandir

Durga Mandir was built in the 18th century. According to legend, the present statue of Goddess Durga was not made by man but appeared on its own in the temple. Thousands of Hindu devotees visit the Durga temple during Navratri and other auspicious occasions.

The architecture is of a Nagara Style, which is typical of North India. The temple has a rectangular tank of water called the Durga Kund ("Kund" meaning a pond or pool.) The temple has multi-tiered spires and is stained red with ochre, representing the red colour of Durga. The Kund was initially connected directly to the river thus the water was automatically replenished. This channel was later closed, locking off the water supply, which is replenished only by rain or drainage from the Temple. Every year on the occasion of Nag Panchami, the act of depicting Lord Vishnu reclining on the coiled-up mystical snake or "Shesha" is recreated in the Kund.

• Durga Mandir main gate
• 18th century Durga Temple, overlooking the Durga Kund
• Durga kund

References

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External links

• Varanasi temples
• Sri Vishwanath Temple श्रीविश्वनाथमन्दिर – Banaras Hindu University

• Hindu temples in Varanasi
• Uttar Pradesh-related lists
• Lists of Hindu temples in India