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Durga Temple (Durga Kund)
The Durga Temple at Durga Kund is one of the principal Shakti shrines of Kashi, a red Chunar-sandstone Nagara temple established in the 18th century by Rani Bhavani of Natore. The murti of the Devi is worshipped here as <em>swayambhu</em> — self-manifest.
VaranasiAssi Ghat
Assi Ghat is the southernmost principal ghat of Kashi, at the confluence where the Assi river meets the Ganga. Tradition marks this as one of the sacred boundaries of the Avimukta Kshetra, and the ghat is counted among the five <em>panchatirtha</em> ghats of Kashi.
VaranasiRamnagar Fort
Ramnagar Fort is the riverside fort-palace of the Kashi Naresh — the Maharaja of Banaras — who is revered in Kashi tradition as the earthly representative of Shiva and the ceremonial protector of the city. Built in the mid-eighteenth century on the eastern bank of the Ganga opposite the ghats, it is above all the seat of the world-famous month-long Ramnagar Ramlila, a living enactment of the Ramayana held to be the most complete in India.
VaranasiMaa Chandika Devi Temple
Maa Chandika Devi is worshipped in Kashi as the fierce-protective form of the Mother — the Chandika of the Devi Mahatmya, who slays the asura generals Chand and Mund and through whom the Goddess's sovereignty over adharma is held to be most decisive. Devotees come here when the situation has outgrown what gentler upayas can address.
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