Kashi Vishwanath Temple

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Hindu temple Shiva temple pilgrimage site

Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of Hinduism’s most sacred shrines dedicated to Lord Shiva, located in the ancient city of Varanasi on the banks of the Ganges River.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga 1
Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hindu temple ⓘ
Shiva temple ⓘ
pilgrimage site ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Golden Temple of Varanasi ⓘ
Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
surface form: Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
associatedCity Varanasi ⓘ
surface form: Banaras

Kashi ⓘ
associatedWithBelief dying in Kashi grants moksha ⓘ
associatedWithConcept moksha ⓘ
associatedWithRiver Ganges ⓘ
surface form: Ganga
associatedWithText Skanda Purana ⓘ
surface form: Kashi Khanda of Skanda Purana
cityAlsoKnownAs Varanasi ⓘ
surface form: Banaras

Kashi ⓘ
consideredOneOf holiest Shiva temples ⓘ
most sacred Hindu temples ⓘ
corridorConnectsTo Ganga river ghats ⓘ
surface form: Ganga riverfront
countryISOCode IN ⓘ
dedicatedTo Shiva ⓘ
surface form: Lord Shiva
governingBody Shri Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Nagara style ⓘ
North Indian temple architecture ⓘ
hasDailyRitual aarti ⓘ
abhishek of Shiva lingam ⓘ
hasDomeMaterial gold ⓘ
hasJyotirlingaStatus one of the twelve Jyotirlingas ⓘ
hasMainShrine Shiva lingam ⓘ
hasSanctum garbhagriha ⓘ
hasSpireMaterial gold ⓘ
importantFestival Diwali ⓘ
surface form: Dev Deepawali

Diwali ⓘ
Maha Shivaratri ⓘ
surface form: Mahashivaratri

Shravan month Mondays ⓘ
linkedToCorridorProject Kashi Vishwanath Corridor ⓘ
locatedInCity Varanasi ⓘ
locatedInCountry India ⓘ
locatedInState Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Ganges ⓘ
majorPilgrimageFor Hinduism ⓘ
surface form: Hindus

Shaivites ⓘ
nearbyGhats Dashashwamedh Ghat ⓘ
Manikarnika Ghat ⓘ
primaryDeity Vishwanath ⓘ
primaryDeityIsFormOf Shiva ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
situatedInArea Varanasi ⓘ
surface form: Old Varanasi
situatedInLocality Vishwanath Gali ⓘ
stateGovernmentControl Government of Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
surface form: Uttar Pradesh government
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
visitedBy millions of pilgrims annually ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kashi Vishwanath Temple → alsoKnownAs → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shri Kashi Vishwanath Mandir
Uttar Pradesh → containsImportantReligiousSite → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Varanasi → hasFamousTemple → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Kashi → hasJyotirlinga → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga
Kashi → hasMajorTemple → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Shaivism → majorPilgrimageSite → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ
Shiva → worshipPlace → Kashi Vishwanath Temple ⓘ