Kashi Vishwanath - काशी विश्वनाथ

The world famous Kashi Vishwanath Mandir is located in Varanasi. This temple of Bhagwan Shiva is situated on the banks of river Ganga in Varanasi city of Uttar Pradesh. Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlingas of Bhagwan Shiva. This temple is also known as Vishweshwar. The word means 'ruler of the universe'. This temple is 15.5 meters high.

The newly constructed Kashi Vishwanath Corridor, made under the supervision of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and the Modi government at the Center, is being said to be a highly commendable step among the masses. Therefore, the BJP is giving the availability of this corridor construction work to U.P. Election 2022 is keeping a lot of prominence among the voters in the campaign. Anyway, Varanasi is the parliamentary constituency of Prime Minister Narendra Mogi ji, for this reason also the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor project is considered very close to Modi's heart.

Vishwanath temple construction
The present temple was built by Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar in the year 1780. It was later built by Maharaja Ranjit Singh in 1853 with 1000 kg of pure gold.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple opening hours:
The doors of Kashi Vishwanath Temple open at 2:30 am, the first aarti is performed at 3 am. Aarti of Bhagwan Shiva is performed here five times a day and the last aarti is performed at 10:30.
The information given by Panda Sunil Pandey (9580866105) during Kashi Vishwanath Temple Darshan/visit was very helpful and informative.

Interesting facts about Vishwanath Temple
✽ It is believed that the city of Varanasi is situated on the trident of Bhagwan Shiva.
✽ The dome of the temple is made of gold, that is why the Kashi Vishwanath temple is also called the Golden Temple.
✽ One attains salvation by bathing in the holy river Ganges and visiting the Kashi Vishwanath temple.
✽ The sanctum sanctorum of the temple has a mandapa and a Shivling. It is set in a square silver altar.
✽ The temple complex also houses temples of Kalabhairava, Bhagwan Vishnu and Virupaksha Gauri.
✽ When the Earth was formed, the first rays of the Sun fell on Kashi.

History says that Adi Shankaracharya, Sant Eknath, Ramakrishna Paramhansa, Swami Vivekananda, Maharishi Dayanand and Goswami Tulsidas also came to visit this temple.