Lucknow: Kashi Vishwanath Ancient Temple, which was destroyed by invaders and rebuilt several times between 1194 and 1777, now appears in the new form of ‘Kashi Vishwanath Dham’, a religious conglomerate of more than 40 ancient temples of artistic miracles with Lord Vishwanath Temple in nucleus.
After Ahilyabai Holkar, The Queen of Indore who rebuilt the temple in 1777, and Maharaja Ranjit Singh, who offered 1,000 kg of gold in 1835 for coating dome, PM Narendra Modi took expansion and beauty with world-class facilities for the worshipers and pilgrims.
For this purpose, he laid the foundation of the Kashi Vishwanath Dham project on March 8, 2019.
He will inaugurate a temple that has been changed in the middle of this month.
When the Vishweshwara temple was built for the first time and what his first original site was a matter of historical investigation.
After the establishment of the Delhi Sultanate, all the plains of nobles are under Muslim domination.
The religious life of the city remains under constant threats, and Kashi temples destroyed many times.
Rana PB Singh, former Professor of cultural and heritage geography studies at the University of Banaras Hindu, in his book ‘Banaras Region: Spiritual & Cultural Guide’, writes that the first destruction took place in 1194 with the order of Qutbud – Din Aibak, including the demolition of the Vishweshwara temple which was located at the location of the Razia Mosque at this time.
During his reign, Sultana raid (1236-1240) built a mosque on the deserted Wisweshwara Temple site.
At the end of the 13th century, the temple was built in the Avimukteshwara complex, and continued until the next destruction under King Sharqi Jaunpur (1436-1458).
The description of Puran said Wisweshwara’s temple with the name Moksha Temple Lakshmi Vilalas, and the architectural plan was explained in detail.
In 1490, Sikandar Lodhi destroyed the temples stand out from Banaras, and the advantage of Avimukteshvara was gone.
By Raghunath Pandit protection (known as totharmal) from Banaras, the new Vishweshwara temple was built in 1585.
This was destroyed by the Aurangzeb Order in 1669, and converted into a mosque.
Today, on the ruins of two Wiswanath temples sitting two mosques, one built by raids and the others by Aurangzeb.
Ahilyabai Holkar built the current temple in 1776-77.
After laying the foundation stone, the government formed a special area development board Shri Kashi Vishwanath (SCSADB) to ensure the project solution.
During expansion work, some ancient temples arrived at light.
Most of the centuries of temples showed architectural majesty.