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The Kashi Vishwanath temple at Varanasi dedicated to Lord Shiva is one of the oldest Hindu temples in India and is rveerd by Hindus all over India. Built by maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore an erstwhile princely state of India in 1780, the temple stands in the Vishwanath Galli near the Ganga river. The Jyotir Linga symbolic of Lord Shiva is worshipped by thousands of devotees who throng the temple everyday from all corners of the country.
The temple spire and the dome are plated with 1000 kilograms of gold that was donated by the king of Punjab, Maharana Ranjit Singh in 1835.
The temple has a small well called the Jnana Vyapi meaning the Wisdom well. It is said that the Jyotir Linga was hidden in the well to protect it when Aurangzeb, the mughal ruler of India had ordered its destruction.
It is said that a bath in the river Ganges and a visit to the temple would lead to Moksha or liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth.
The temple spire and the dome are plated with 1000 kilograms of gold that was donated by the king of Punjab, Maharana Ranjit Singh in 1835.
The temple has a small well called the Jnana Vyapi meaning the Wisdom well. It is said that the Jyotir Linga was hidden in the well to protect it when Aurangzeb, the mughal ruler of India had ordered its destruction.
It is said that a bath in the river Ganges and a visit to the temple would lead to Moksha or liberation from the cycle of death and rebirth.
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