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why? Devesh S N Bhatta (talk) 23:46, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Varanasi[edit]

What was the reason of argument between lord Brahma and lord Vishnu 116.72.110.225 (talk) 13:47, 1 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Timeline in History[edit]

9-10th Century BCE: Avimukteshwara (Vishveshwara/Vishwanatha) seal found in Rajghat excavation

500-508: Construction of the temple during the reign of Vainya Gupta

635: Visit of Hsuan-tsang, the Chinese pilgrim, who described temple

10-11th Century CE: Temple present at Bansphatak (site Bibi Razia Mosque)

1194-1197: By order of Muhammad Ghori, Aibak partly demolished the temple

1230: Reconstruction of the temple during reign of Iltutmish (1210-1236)

1447: Destruction of temple by Mahmud Shah Sharqi of Jaunpur

1584-85: The temple built by patronage of Todar Mal, u/g of Narayan Bhatt

1632: Mughal king Shahjahan attempted to destroy the temple, but failed

1669 April 18: Farman of Aurangzeb to demolish the temple

1669 Sept 2: The temple demolished by Aurangzeb’s order

1776-78: Renovation, reconstruction of the temple by Ahilyabai Holkar

1893: Gold, 2-tons, engraving by Maharaja Ranjit Singh

1992 Dec: After Ayodhya incident, the puja of Shringar Gauri (back of Gyanvapi mosque) stopped

2019, March 8: Construction of Kashi Vishwanath Dham started

2021, Dec 13: PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate KV Dham https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/varanasi/after-centuries-world-to-see-zenith-of-lord-avimukteshwara-on-dec-13/articleshow/88230968.cms Devesh S N Bhatta (talk) 07:09, 12 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Were today's events at the same temple or some other one? -- Kautilya3 (talk) 19:04, 14 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

same Devesh S N Bhatta (talk) 23:45, 12 January 2022 (UTC)[reply]

File:Kashi.jpg Nominated for Deletion[edit]

File:Kashi.jpg Nominated for Deletion 2405:204:A51C:A725:AB6D:CE7D:5581:7E3 (talk) 04:24, 21 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Cleanup[edit]

This page needs to be cleaned up and focused on the modern-day temple. TrangaBellam (talk) 18:20, 20 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hi@TrangaBellam, I have started to work on the clean-up and removal of the copyediting tag. It would be great if we could work together. Buddingboffin (talk) 17:56, 4 December 2023 (UTC)[reply]