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The Kedareshwar
Temple - Varanasi
Kedar means the
field where the crop of liberation grows. Therefore, that place
became famous as Kedar, both in Kashi and in the Mountains.
The original
Kedar is high in the Himalayas in the area called Uttara Khanda
(North Country). There at an altitude of some 12000 feet
sits Kedarnath.
The Himalayan
Kedara is one of the India's twelve Lingas of Light (Dwadash
Joytirlinga)
Kashi's
Kedar is the anchoring temple of the southern sector of the
city, called Kedar Khanda. It is one of the most popular and
venerable temples of southern Kashi. Kedar is a river Temple,
sitting at the top of an impressive ghat high above the water's
edge. From the river, the temple is distinguished by its
vertical red and yellow stripes.
Kedar is the
religious focal point of the southern part of the city. There is
a quite and deep piety almost palpable here and it is
uninterrupted by the noisy throngs of pilgrims who hurry from
Dashashvamedha Ghat to Vishvanath and its surrounding Temples.
The pilgrims from outside don't generally go there. They don't
know about it and the guides don't take them there as the
pujaris in the temple don't give any payment for bringing
pilgrims.
Kedar primarily
remains a temple for the devoted residents of that area.
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Bhavani Temple
Annapoorna Bhavani
Temple - Varanasi
The darshana of Annapoorna always accompanies
the darshana of Shiva Vishvanath. Annapoorna is Kashi's queen.
She is known in the Kashi Khanda as Bhavani, the female shakti
of Bhava, "Being," one of the names of Shiva. Today, she is
often called Annapoorna Bhavani.
The name Annapoorna means "She of Plenteous
Food." She is called the "Mother of the Three Worlds," and she
promises to those who come to her what only a mother can give,
naturally and freely : food.
The present compound of Annapoorna is located
near Vishvanath on the opposite side of the lane. Standing in
the court of the compound is the temple itself, a small sanctum
with a large pillared porch. The image of Annapoorna within the
sanctum is a new one, established and consecrated in January
1977 in a series of pratishtha rites conducted by the
Shankaracharya of Shringeri
Temple - Varanasi
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