Pilgrimages and Temples of Devi Annapoorna

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• Shiva:
- Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga (Near Lalita Ghat)
- Avimukteshwara Linga (Within Kashi Vishwanath Temple)
- Trilochan Temple (Near Trilochan Ghat) - Adi Mahadev Temple (Near Trilochan Ghat)
- Vireshwar Temple (Near Schindia Ghat)
Vishwakarmeshwar Temple (Within the Vireshwar Temple near Schindia Ghat)
- Chandreshwar Temple (Within Siddheshwari Temple near Schindia Ghat)
- Dharmeshwar Temple (Near Meer Ghat)
- Kameshwar Temple (North of Trilochan quite close to Prahlad Ghat)
- Kedareshwar Temple (Near Kedar Ghat)
- Krittivasheshwar Temple (Daranagar area between Vishwanath and Mahamrityunjay Temples)
- Manikarnikeshwar Temple (Ghasi Tola quite close to Manikarnika Ghat)
- Omkareshwar Temple (Near Matsyodari or Macchodari area)
- Ratneshwar Temple (Vishweshwarganj close to Mahamrityunjay Temple)
- Kalabhairava Temple
- Dandapani Temple
- Bhairava Temples

• Devi:
- Devi Vishalakshi Temple (Varanasi Shakti Peetha)
- Devi Annapoorna Temple
- Devi Vishwabahu Temple
- Devi Durga Temple
- Devi Sankata Temple
- Devi Siddheshwari Temple
- Yogini Temple

• Brahma:
- Dasashwamedh Ghat

• Vishnu:
- Bindu Madhav Temple

• Ganesha:
- Dhundiraj Vinayaka Temple

• Surya:
- Lolarka Kund

• Hanuman:
- Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple

• Sages: Sages associated with Kashi:

○ Agastya:

○ Jaigishavya:

○ Agnibindu:
- Bindu Madhav Temple

○ Shukracharya:

• Saints: Saints associated with Kashi:

○ Adi Shankaracharya (788 - 820 CE?):

○ Trailanga Swami (1607 - 1887 CE):
- Trailanga Swami Ashram

○ Baba Lokenath (1730 - 1890 CE):

○ Ramakrishna Paramahamsha (1836 - 1886 CE):

(Kashi is a Moksha Puri)

(Varanasi has the Vishwanatha Jyotirlinga)

(Lord Vishwanatha abides as the presiding deity of Varanasi)

(Lord Kalabhairava abides as the guardian deity of Kashi)

(Varanasi has the Vishalakshi Shakti Peetha where the Kundala of Devi had fallen)

(Devi Annapoorna abides as the presiding mother of Kashi)

(River Ganga flows through Kashi)


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▬ Lord Shiva left Kashi for sometime and went to Mandara mountain after Divodasa became the king. Lord Shiva created the Avimukteshwara Linga while leaving Kashi.
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▬ King Divodasa attained salvation and Lord Shiva returned to Kashi. Various celestials and sages installed Lingas and performed penance in Kashi.
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► Horanadu - Devi Annapoorna (Chikkamagaluru district, Karnataka)