Kashi Vishwanath Temple history

In 1194, more than 1000 temples were demolished by Qutub-Al-Din-Aybak. These sites remained untouched for the next 50 years till Razia Sultan constructed a mosque on the forsaken place of the Vishwanath temple.

Vishwanath temple was reconstructed in the area of Avimukteshwara, which again faced partial destruction by Mahmud Sharqi.

In 1494, Sikandar Lodi demolished several temples including the Vishwanath temple.

In 1585, a scholar Narayan Bhatt rebuilt the temple.

Mahmud Ghazini and Shah Jahan (1627-1658) demolished all reconstructed temples.

It was Aurangzeb in 1669, who ordered the demolition of Vishwanath temple and built a Gyan Vapi mosque.

Aurangzeb destroyed several temples but also wanted to change the name of Varanasi.

He wanted to name it as Muhammadabad but was unsuccessful.

It was Ahilyabai Holkar who took the initiative to rebuild the temple around 1775.

The present Vishwanath temple is fairly small in size compared to the original one.

On April 13, 2021, the managing committee of the mosque & the UP Sunni Central Waqf Board have moved the Allahabad HC to restrain the proceedings of a local court, which recently directed the ASI to conduct a physical survey of the mosque compound adjacent to the temple.

Gyanvapi mosque is a national dishonour.

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