Durga Mandir, Ramnagar

For other uses, see Durga Mandir.

Not to be confused with Durga Mandir, Varanasi.

Durga Mandir
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Name
Proper name	Durga Mandir
Devanagari	दुर्गा मंदिर
Marathi	दुर्गा मंदिर
Geography
Country	India
State	Uttar Pradesh
Location	Varanasi
Culture
Primary deity	Durga
Important festivals	Navratri
Architecture
Architectural styles	Mandir
History and governance
Date built	About 500 years ago

The Durga Mandir (Temple) is situated in Ramnagar of Banaras (or Varanasi). It is believed that it was built 500 years ago which is under control of royal family of Banaras State currently. This temple is devoted to Hindu deity Durga. The temple has a large stone built pond with it. The Durga Mandir boasts of its fine stone works, which is a fabulous example of north Indian stone work arts.

There is another Durga temple, within the Varanasi city, built in the 18th century overlooking a pond known as Durga Kund.

Temple structure

The temple is based on square shape. It has a square campus. The main building of temple is built of a square shaped stage. The shape of building is also square. The stage of the temple contains rooms in it, which are used for temple's staff purposes and sometimes, for Yajna. The campus is a green campus with trees and plants. Visitor can walk around the main temple building in the campus. It's useful since, some worshippers walk around the building of temples for religious reasons in Hinduism.

The temple has a huge square pond(Pushkarni) in front of it. The pond is with stone stairs in all sides and four watch pillars on each corner. There is a shade made of stone also at one side of the pond.

The stone work on the walls of temple building also emphasizes the square shape. The temple wall has designs built in square shaped blocks and ornamental scrawls.

Picture gallery

• Corner View of Old Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Corner View

• Front corner of old Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Front - Left Corner View

• Front of old Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Front

• Wall stone works of old Durga Temple of Banaras 2.jpg

  Wall Stone work

• Wall stone works of old Durga Temple of Banaras 3.jpg

  Wall Stone work

• Wall stone works of old Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Wall Stone Work

• Stone Work of Older Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Wall Stone work and Sculpture

• Elefant wall work of old Durga Temple of Banaras.jpg

  Stone Elephant on Wall

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  Yajna at the temple

• Yagya at Old Durga Mandir of Banaras 2.jpg

  Yajna at the temple

• Sculpture at Old Durga Mandir of Banaras.jpg

  Sculpture

• Side view of Old Durga Temple of Banaras.JPG

  Side View

See also

• Banaras or Varanasi
• Kashi Vishwanath Temple
• Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple

External links

• Location of the temple in Wikimapia
• Official government website of Varanasi
• Travel information of Varanasi