This was my second visit to Varanasi in six months. Though the city oozes its own charm, it is heartbreaking to see how ...

Monkeys damaged the golden spire atop Baikuntheshwar Mahadev's section of Kashi Vishwanath temple, causing it to fall during Mangla Aarti. Temple officials quickly secured the damaged 'kalash' and ...

The idol is a jyotirlinga, one of the 12 jyotirlingas in India. The Kashi Vishwanath temple has been built and re-built several times over the past few centuries. The present temple was built in ...

And among all the different temples of Lord Shiva, from the Kashi Vishwanath temple to the small Shivlings you will find just outside homes, there is a hidden temple, only accessible to visit once ...

Som highlighted the destruction of the Kashi temple in Varanasi and the Mathura temple, both significant symbols of Hindu faith. He argued that Aurangzeb's actions were unjustified and that Hindus ...