Krishna is in exile not only in Mathura but also in Kashi too. Our Temples are a symbol of resilience of Hindu civilization. They survived not because of benevolence of 'Mughals' but we kept rebuilding them. A thread on Bindu Madhav Mandir.1
Story of this sacred space has nothing new to it. Aurangzeb captured Kashi in 1663 and destroyed much of its sacred geography. Like Kashi Vishwanath, Bindu Madhav was destroyed and Alamgir mosque built over it.2
When invaders attacked the temples, priests were able to save the 'shaligram' vigrah of vishnu, carved from shaligram stone from river Gandaki in Nepal. The Vigrah was kept hidden in Ganga...3
..waiting for his new abode that was built by Maratha ruler Bhawan Rao in the nineteenth century, next to the Alamgir mosque, at the Panchganga Ghat.4
The temple was destroyed several times between the 12th and 16th centuries by!! Like Kashi Vishwanath, Bindu madhav Mandir was rebuilt by Raja Man Singh of Amber in the 16th century. Both were eventually destroyed by Aurangzeb, rebuilt again but not at their previous sites.5
The original temple of Bindu Madhav has a recorded history that goes back to the Fifth century A.D. Today. The temple is mentioned in the Matsya Purana, it was one of the most important Vishnu temples in Kashi, along with Adi Keshav.6
The French traveler Jean-Baptiste Tavernier, who came to India in the 17th century, was awestruck by the beauty of the temple. He describes the temple as “the great pagoda” in his travel accounts, with towers on each of the four arms and a large spire rising from the sanctum.7
The installed deity was six feet tall and garlanded with pearls, diamonds and rubies.8
Tulsides also spent time here and wrote“Oh Bindu Madhav ! You are like a cloud which pours rains of happiness and joy. You are the one who purifies the symbolic forest called Varanasi, a forest which is very pleasant by the virtue of your presence."9
Hindus are a dead race walking for they have lost the sense of civilization and culture. The intangible aspects of culture can only be revived after tangible ones are reclaimed. Rise O Hindus. End.
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