Bindu Madhav Temple, Varanasi — Attraction in Uttar Pradesh

This is the oldest Vishnu temple and the 2nd largest temple after Sri Kashi Vishwanath. Quoting Skand Puran from Kashi khand the story tells that this place was anand van initially and became kashi once Emperor Divo Das appointed king of this ancient place by lord bramha. Later on the name changed as Banaras at the time of the Mughal Empire and is currently known as Varanasi with the reason of the geographical location between two holi rivers Varuna and Assi. according to the mythology lord Vishnu donated this kashi to Lord Shiva as Mata Parvati and Lord Shiv loved this place while roaming to the universe. Lord Shiva refused to get the whole Kashi and requested Lord Vishnu to stay with him for half of the portion. That's the reason kashi is divided into two parts: Shive kashi and Vishnu kashi. You can find all the Shiva temples from Assi to Manikarnika Ghat and later on from Panch Ganga to Aadikeshav as Vishnu temples. As Sri Kashi Vishwanath is the supreme God for Shiv kashi , Sri Bindumadhav is the supreme power of the other half. I must say all the people who visited the Vishwanath temple, must visit Sri Bindumadhav to complete their spiritual journey of this Holi place as Shiv and Vishnu are not two individuals here and live together in it. शिवस्य हृदयम विष्णु, विष्णुस्य हृदयम शिवम्।। हर हर महादेव।। ॐ नमो...

Small temple but of very high spiritual value, amidst serenity. It is said that pilgrims should get darshan of the 10 most important devatas of kashi amongst them is Vishwanath, Bindu madhav, Dhundiraj ganesh, Dandapani, Kaal bhairav, Kashi devi, Jaigishavya guha, Ganga mata, Bhavani (Annapurna, Vishalakshi & Sankata mata) and Manikarnika devi kunda. so Kashi jatra remains incomplete if you dont visit this temple. hassle free darshan is possible here. printout photograph of lord Bindumadhav is available at the temple counter with other religious items. one can offer prayer without any force from pandas and purohits. once there stood the majestic temple of lord Bindu Madhav built by Raja Man Singh which was demolished by Aurangzeb in the year 1669. after that Maratha ruler Chatrapati Shivaji build the present temple in the year 1672. Pilgrims can have the darshan of idol of Lord made out of black stone, along with a huge Narasimha Shaligram brought from river...

This temple is one of the victim temple demolished by cruel aurangjeb. In place of original temple alamgir masjid had been built by mughals. This temple is dedicated to lord Narayana on the raising stairs of Panchganga Ghat in the narrow lanes of Varanasi. It is believed that before Lord Shiva Kashi belonged to Shri Bindu Madhav. Once Shiva desired to visits his Aaradhya's place Aanandvan (Oldest name of Varanasi). After seeing the beauty of Aanandvan Shiva asked Narayan to stay here forever. Then to fulfill Shiva's desire Madhav gifted the place to Shiva and then after Shiva lives here as Vishwanath and Narayan as Bindu Madhav. Along the down stairs of this temple is Panchganga Ghat where five sacred rivers meet. These rivers are Ganga, Yamuna Saraswati,...