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temple</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Religion</th></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_religions_and_spiritual_traditions" title="List of religions and spiritual traditions">Affiliation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hinduism" title="Hinduism">Hinduism</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">District</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Varanasi_district" title="Varanasi district">Varanasi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Deity" title="Deity">Deity</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Visalakshi</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Location</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data">Mir Ghat, <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">State</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Uttar_Pradesh" title="Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238443738">.mw-parser-output .locmap .od{position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .id{position:absolute;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .locmap .l0{font-size:0;position:absolute}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv{line-height:110%;position:absolute;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pr{line-height:110%;position:absolute;top:-0.75em;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pv>div{display:inline;padding:1px}.mw-parser-output .locmap .pl>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:right}.mw-parser-output .locmap 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.infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Vishalakshi Temple is located in Uttar Pradesh"><img alt="Vishalakshi Temple is located in Uttar Pradesh" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg/240px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="240" height="234" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg/360px-India_Uttar_Pradesh_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Geographic coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Vishalakshi_Temple&params=25_18_32_N_83_0_39_E_type:landmark_region:IN_scale:5000"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">25°18′32″N</span> <span class="longitude">83°0′39″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">25.30889°N 83.01083°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">25.30889; 83.01083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #FFC569">Architecture</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mandir" class="mw-redirect" title="Mandir">Mandir</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Creator</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Nagarathar" title="Nagarathar">Nagarathar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data note">1893</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Inscriptions</th><td class="infobox-data">In Tamil</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Vishalakshi Temple</b>, also known as <b>Vishalakshi Gauri Mandir</b> and <b>Vishalakshi Amman Kovil.</b> It is one of the famous <a href="/wiki/Hindu_temple" title="Hindu temple">Hindu temple</a> at <a href="/wiki/Varanasi" title="Varanasi">Varanasi</a>. Dedicated to the goddess Vishalakshi (an aspect of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982229_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982229-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was Built and Maintained by <a href="/wiki/Nagarathar" title="Nagarathar">Nattukottai Nagarathar</a> a mercantile community from <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is generally regarded as a <a href="/wiki/Shakta_pithas" title="Shakta pithas">Shakti Pitha</a>, the most sacred temples dedicated to the Hindu Divine Mother. The earrings of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Sati_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sati (goddess)">Sati</a> were said to have fallen on this holy spot of Varanasi. Vishalakshi Temple is known for its temple festival on <a href="/wiki/Teej#Kajari_Teej" title="Teej">Kajali Tij</a>, held on the third day during waning fortnight in the Hindu month of <a href="/wiki/Bhadra_(Hindu_calendar)" title="Bhadra (Hindu calendar)">Bhadrapada</a> (August). </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Location">Location</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Location"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Vishalakshi Temple is situated near <a href="/wiki/Ghats_in_Varanasi" title="Ghats in Varanasi">Mir Ghat</a>, Varanasi. It is situated 250 metres (0.16 mi) north west of the <a href="/wiki/Kashi_Vishwanath_Temple" title="Kashi Vishwanath Temple">Kashi Vishwanath Temple</a> and 200 metres (0.12 mi) of <a href="/wiki/Annapurna_Devi_Mandir" title="Annapurna Devi Mandir">Annapurna Temple</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Religious_significance">Religious significance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Religious significance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The name <i>Vishalakshi</i> (<i>Viśālākshī</i>, <a href="/wiki/Sanskrit_language" class="mw-redirect" title="Sanskrit language">Sanskrit</a>: <span lang="sa">विशालाक्षी</span>, "she who has large eyes")<sup id="cite_ref-Bangala_Bhasar_Abhidhaan_1600_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bangala_Bhasar_Abhidhaan_1600-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an epithet of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Parvati" title="Parvati">Parvati</a>. Parvati is described as <i>Vishalakshi</i> in the scripture <i><a href="/wiki/Shiva_Purana" title="Shiva Purana">Shiva Purana</a>,</i> when her future husband <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> sees her for the first time.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Annapoorna_devi" class="mw-redirect" title="Annapoorna devi">Annapurna</a>, the goddess of food and a form of Parvati, is given the epithet Vishalakshi, the "wide-eyed". Her most famous temple stands at Varanasi, where patron goddess she is considered. The <i><a href="/wiki/Skanda_Purana" title="Skanda Purana">Skanda Purana</a></i> narrates the tale of the sage <a href="/wiki/Vyasa" title="Vyasa">Vyasa</a> cursing Varanasi, as no one in the city offered him food. Finally, Vishalakshi appears in the form of a housewife and grants food to Vyasa. This role of Vishalakshi is similar to that of Annapurna, who offers food to her husband Shiva, whose hunger can be satiated by her food. Shiva gratified by Annapurna's food, establishes Varanasi and appoints her as its presiding goddess.<sup id="cite_ref-Arundhati2001_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arundhati2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The goddess Vishalakshi of the Varanasi temple may have been identified with Annapurna in early times, however over time became a distinct goddess, resulting in the two separate goddess temples.<sup id="cite_ref-Arundhati2001_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Arundhati2001-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <i>Kashi Khanda</i> of the <i>Skanda Purana</i>, Vishalakshi accompanies Vishwanath (a form of Shiva venerated in <a href="/wiki/Kashi_Vishwanath_Temple" title="Kashi Vishwanath Temple">Kashi Vishwanath Temple</a>) to grant a boon to the god Kubera.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Another chapter from <i>Kashi Khanda</i> also offers her exultation.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the sacred geography of Varanasi, six points are said to symbolize <a href="/wiki/Pran%C4%81ma" title="Pranāma">Shastanga</a> (six-fold) <a href="/wiki/Yoga" title="Yoga">yoga</a>, which is performing by visiting the six sites. They are the Vishwanath Temple (the most important temple of Varanasi - dedicated to Shiva), the Vishalakshi Temple, the Ganges, the <a href="/wiki/Kaal_Bhairav_Mandir,_Varanasi" title="Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi">Kala Bhairava temple</a> (dedicated to Varanasi's guardian deity and Vishalakshi's Bhiarava), the Dhundiraj Temple (dedicated to the god <a href="/wiki/Ganesha" title="Ganesha">Ganesha</a> - son of Shiva and Parvati) and the Dandapani temple (dedicated to an aspect of Shiva).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982323_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982323-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Shakti_Pitha">Shakti Pitha</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Shakti Pitha"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> Vishalakshi (Sanskrit: विशालाक्षी) or Varanasi figures in most standard lists of Shakti Pithas.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982172_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982172-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dakshayani.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dakshayani.jpg/220px-Dakshayani.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dakshayani.jpg/330px-Dakshayani.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Dakshayani.jpg/440px-Dakshayani.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5280" data-file-height="3714" /></a><figcaption>Shiva carrying the corpse of Sati.</figcaption></figure><p>The daughter of <i><a href="/wiki/Prajapati" title="Prajapati">Prajapati</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Daksha" title="Daksha">Daksha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sati_(goddess)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sati (goddess)">Sati</a> was married to the god <a href="/wiki/Shiva" title="Shiva">Shiva</a> against his wishes. Daksha organized a great <a href="/wiki/Yajna" title="Yajna">yajna</a>, but did not invite Sati and Shiva. Uninvited, Sati reached the yajna-site, where Daksha ignored Sati and vilified Shiva. Unable to withstand this insult, Sati jumped into the sacrificial fire and committed suicide. Sati died, but her corpse did not burn. Shiva (as <a href="/wiki/Virabhadra" title="Virabhadra">Virabhadra</a>) slew Daksha for being responsible for Sati's death and forgave him, resurrecting him. The wild, grief-stricken Shiva wandered the universe with Sati's corpse. Finally, the god <a href="/wiki/Vishnu" title="Vishnu">Vishnu</a> dismembered the body of Sati into 51 parts, each of which became a Shakti Pitha, temple to a form of the Goddess. Shiva is also worshipped at each Shakti Pitha in the form of <a href="/wiki/Bhairava" title="Bhairava">Bhairava</a>, the male counterpart or guardian of the presiding goddess of the Pitha. Sati's eye or earring is believed to have fallen at Varanasi, establishing Vishalakshi as a Shakti Pitha.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982173_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982173-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Tantra" title="Tantra">Tantric</a> work <i>Rudrayamala</i>, composed before 1052 CE, mentions 10 principal Shakti Pithas, which includes Varanasi as the fifth one. The <i>Kularnava Tantra</i> mentions 18 Pithas and mentions Varanasi as the sixth one. The <i>Ashadashapitha</i> (18 Pithas) ascribed to Shankaracharya (interpreted as <a href="/wiki/Adi_Shankara" title="Adi Shankara">Adi Shankara</a>, however probably Shankara Agamacharya, Bengali author of the <i>Tara-rahasya-vrittika</i>) enumerates 18 names along with their presiding deities or <i>Pitha-devi</i>s including Vishalakshi of Varanasi as the fifth Pitha. In the <i>Kubjika Tantra</i>, Varanasi is third in 42 names. There are the two lists of Pithas in the <i>Jnanarnava</i>, one with 8 names and the other with fifty names. The 8-name list does not mention Varanasi, but the other list names Varanasi in the second spot.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESircar199817–20_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESircar199817–20-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Vishalakshi of Varanasi is mentioned as first of 108 Shakti Pithas in the list in the <i><a href="/wiki/Devi_Bhagavata_Purana" title="Devi Bhagavata Purana">Devi Bhagavata Purana</a></i>. The face of Sati is described to have fallen here. This is the only instance where a body part is related to the Shakti Pitha in the text. The <i>Devi Gita</i> within the same text gives a long list of Pithas, where Vishalakshi is mentioned as dwelling in Avimukta (Varanasi). No body part is related to the Pitha in this list.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESircar199825–7_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESircar199825–7-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Satyananda1996_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Satyananda1996-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Brown1998_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brown1998-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the non-scripture 16th century Bengali work <i><a href="/wiki/Chandimangal" title="Chandimangal">Chandimangal</a></i>, Mukundaram lists nine Pithas in the <i>Daksha-yajna-bhanga</i> section. Varanasi is the last Pitha described to be the place where Sati's chest fell and the presiding goddess being Vishalakshi.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESircar199832–3_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESircar199832–3-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lakshmidhara also includes Vishalakshi in his 12th-century list.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982172_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982172-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Pithanirnaya</i> or <i>Mahapithanirupana</i> section from the <i>Tantrachudamani</i> originally listed 43 names, but names were added over time making it 51 Pithas. It details the <i>Pitha-devata</i> or <i>Devi</i> (name of goddess at the Pitha), the <i>Kshastradishas</i> (Bhairava, consort of the goddess) and the <i>anga-pratyanga</i> (limbs including ornaments of Sati). Manikarnika at Varanasi with Vishalakshi as the presiding goddess comes in at number 23. A <i>kundala</i> (earring) is the <i>anga-pratyanga</i> and <a href="/wiki/Kaal_Bhairav_Mandir,_Varanasi" title="Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi"> Kala-Bhairava</a> (Kala) is the consort. In some later versions of the text, Varanasi is not included in the chief 51/52 Pithas. In one of the versions, it is demoted from a Pitha to an upa-Pitha (subordinate Pitha). Here, the <i>kundala</i> is said to be <i>anga-pratyanga</i>, but two Pitha-devatas and Bhairavas are mentioned. First, Vishalakshi with Kala-Bhairava and secondary Annapurna with Vishweshvara. Vishweshvara is the presiding deity of <a href="/wiki/Kashi_Vishwanath_Temple" title="Kashi Vishwanath Temple">Kashi Vishwanath Temple</a>, the most important temple in Varanasi and the <a href="/wiki/Annapurna_Devi_Mandir" title="Annapurna Devi Mandir"> Annapurna temple</a> is nearby.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTESircar199835–41_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTESircar199835–41-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tamil_Associations">Tamil Associations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Tamil Associations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg/220px-Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="306" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg/330px-Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a8/Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg/440px-Devi_Vishalakshi_-_Devi_Kamakshi_-_Devi_Meenakshi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="654" data-file-height="910" /></a><figcaption>Vishalakshi (leftmost) with Kamakshi and Meenakshi.</figcaption></figure> <p>Vishalakshi, the "wide-eyed" goddess is often associated two other goddesses: <a href="/wiki/Kamakshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamakshi">Kamakshi</a>, the "love-eyed" goddess of <a href="/wiki/Kanchipuram" title="Kanchipuram">Kanchipuram</a> and <a href="/wiki/Minakshi" class="mw-redirect" title="Minakshi">Minakshi</a>, the "fish-eyed" of <a href="/wiki/Madurai" title="Madurai">Madurai</a>, prominently because of their similar names.<sup id="cite_ref-Subramanian2003_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Subramanian2003-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Together the three are regarded the most important Goddess temples by Tamil People. While Vishalakshi dwells in <a href="/wiki/North_India" title="North India">North India</a>, the other goddess temples are in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_India" title="South India">South India</a>. <a href="/wiki/Tamils" title="Tamils">Tamil People</a> venerated Vishalakshi for ages and have strong ties with the temple. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg/220px-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg/330px-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg/440px-%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%B5%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF_%E0%AE%95%E0%AF%8B%E0%AE%AF%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%95%E0%AE%B2%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B5%E0%AF%86%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%81.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3096" data-file-height="4128" /></a><figcaption>A Tamil inscriptions shows consecration ceremony of temple.</figcaption></figure> <p>The current structure of the temple was built in 1893 by <a href="/wiki/Nagarathar" title="Nagarathar">Nattukottai Nagarathar</a>, a Mercantile community from <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Worship_and_festivals">Worship and festivals</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Worship and festivals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Devotees often bathe in the holy Ganges nearby before offering worship at the temple. The <a href="/wiki/Puja_(Hinduism)" title="Puja (Hinduism)">puja</a> (worship), offerings, recitation of hymns to the goddess and charity at the temple is considered highly fruitful because of the power of the presiding goddess. The goddess is especially worshipped by unmarried girls for a groom, childless couples for progeny and unfortunate women for the turn of their fortune. Two goddess images are housed side by side in the <i><a href="/wiki/Garbhagirha" class="mw-redirect" title="Garbhagirha">garbhagirha</a></i> (sanctum): a smaller black stone image called Adi Vishalakshi on left back side and another taller black stone image installed at a later date. Devotees often visit the Vishwanath and Annapurna shrines with this temple.<sup id="cite_ref-site_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-site-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Two most important festivals in the temple, as well as all other goddess temples in Varanasi, is two <i>Navaratri</i>s ("nine nights"). The Ashwin Navatri or simply called <a href="/wiki/Navaratri" title="Navaratri">Navaratri</a>, culminating in <a href="/wiki/Vijayadashami" title="Vijayadashami">Vijayadashami</a>, falls in the waxing fortnight of the <a href="/wiki/Hindu_month" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu month">Hindu month</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ashwin" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashwin">Ashwin</a> (October) and celebrates the victory of the goddess <a href="/wiki/Durga" title="Durga">Durga</a> on the buffalo-demon <a href="/wiki/Mahishasura" title="Mahishasura">Mahishasura</a>. The other Navaratri is in the waxing fortnight of <a href="/wiki/Chaitra" title="Chaitra">Chaitra</a> (March). On each of nine days, one of Varanasi's goddess temples – corresponding to one of the <a href="/wiki/Navadurga" title="Navadurga">Navadurga</a> (nine Durgas) or nine Gauris (Parvatis) – is recommended to be visited. The nine-temple circuit is described in various <span title="Sanskrit-language text"><i lang="sa">Kashi mahatmyas</i></span> (texts narrating the greatness of the holy city of Varanasi/Kashi).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982174_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982174-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-site_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-site-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Devotees flock to the temple in the evening of the fifth day of Navatri.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982263_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982263-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The yearly temple festival of Vishalakshi Temple is celebrated on <a href="/wiki/Teej#Kajari_Teej" title="Teej">Kajali Tij</a> (Black Third), the third lunar day (tij) of the waning fortnight in <a href="/wiki/Bhadrapada" class="mw-redirect" title="Bhadrapada">Bhadrapada</a>, the last month of the Indian rainy season. Women sing "amorous" rainy season songs called <i>kajali</i> (black) around this time. The holy day is observed especially for the welfare of brothers by women.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982266_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982266-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hindu_temples_in_Varanasi" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu temples in Varanasi">Hindu temples in Varanasi</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Vishalakshi_Temple&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEEck1982229-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEEck1982229_1-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFEck1982">Eck 1982</a>, p. 229.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFசோமலெ1963" class="citation book cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source">சோமலெ (1963). <i>ஸ்ரீ காசி நாட்டுக்கோட்டை நகரச்சத்திர நூற்றாண்டு மலர்</i> [<i>Sri Kashi Nattukottai Naga Chatra Centennial Issue</i>] (in Tamil). 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