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1. Kashi Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of http://www.shri
Vishwanath the most famous temple in Varanasi, kashivishwanat
Temple also known as the Golden temple h.org/
dedicated to the Lord Shiva. It has
also mention in some of the Puranas.
It was first destroyed by Outb ub din
Ainak and further destroyed by
Aurangzeb. It was re constructed in
the year 1780 by the Maratha
monarch, Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar
of the Indore
2. Durgakund Durga temple is also known as the http://www.vara
Temple Monkey temple (because of the nasi.org.in/durg
presence of huge number of a-temple
monkeys), situated in the Durga Kund,
Varanasi. The temple is dedicated to
the Goddess Durga. It was built in the
18th century. Durga temple was
constructed by a Bengali Maharani in
the north Indian Style with multi
tiered shikhara. An attractive pond
known as the Durga Kund is made on
the right side of the temple which
really increases the beauty of the
temple.
3. Kamakhya The story is that Lord Shiva was in https://www.te
Mandir Mandarachal and Kashi was ruled by a mplepurohit.co
very pious and religious King named m/hindu-
Divodas. In his Kingdom every one temple/kamakh
was very happy and there was all ya-temple-
round prosperity. varanasi/
He had reached an understanding with
Lord Brahma that as long as he was
ruling, Devas and other celestial
beings should stay away from Kashi
and should not create any disturbance
in Kashi. Lord Brahma more or less
agreed to it but on one condition that
King Divodas should prove to be an
excellent administrator and all people
 living in Kashi and visiting Kashi
should be treated well in their
religious pursuits.
The King agreed and accordingly gave
excellent governance. Lord Shiva was
very upset at being away from Kashi
for a long time and he wanted to make
King Divodas commit some mistake.
Accordingly, he sent sixty four
Yoginis to create some disturbance,
but they were enthralled by the beauty
and serene surroundings of Kashi
which appeared to be a part of heaven.
They ultimately settled down in Kashi
and established themselves at various
places all round the Kshetra.
KAMAKHYA DEVI (KAMAKSHI
DEVI) was one of them.

4. Markandey Markandey Mahadev temple is located http://www.vara

Mahadev at kaithi, Varanasi. Once, there were a nasi.org.in/durg
Temple couple named, Mrikandu and his wife a-temple
Marudvati. They were devotees of
Lord Shiva and have no child. They
decided to do a ‘Tap’ and one day
Lord Shiva became happy on that
couple and came out before them.
Lord Shiva asked them, do you want
to have common son having a long
life or an extraordinary son having a
short life. The couple had requestd to
Lord Shiva for the latter one and
named him Markendey.
5. Kaal Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord https://www.vis
Bhairav Brahma are the three main Gods of ittnt.com/varana
Mandir Hinduism. Once, Lord Brahma and si-
Lord Vishnu got into a fight regarding tours/kalbhairav
who is the supreme among all three. -temple.html
All the Vedas pronounced Lord Shiva
as the supreme power. Both Lord
Vishnu and Lord Brahma laughed at
this conclusion. Shiva got angry and
went into a rage that created a
 ferocious light.
Lord Vishnu surrendered but Lord
Brahma continued to stare at the light,
which caused one of his heads to burn
out. The light that was created by Lord
Shiva became a being called as Kal.
Kal walked around the world with the
head of Brahma in his hand. When he
entered Kashi, the head dropped to the
ground and his sins washed away.
Kaal stayed back in Varanasi.
6. Ravidas The foundation stone of this Mandir https://www.tri
Mandir was laid on Monday 14 June 1965 on padvisor.com
Ashad Sankranti day by Sant Hari › ... › Varanasi ›
Dass, along with a large number of Things to Do in
devotees of Dera Ballan, specially Varanasi
deputed by Sant Sarwan Dass for the
purpose. Devotees traced the
birthplace of Guru Ravidass and
temple was built. It is believed that
Guru Ravidass used to live and do
bhakti at this place. The construction
of the temple was completed in 1994
7. Shri Satya This temple has great historical and https://hindusth
Narayan cultural importance in Hinduism since anfamoustempl
Tulsi Manas the es.blogspot.com
Mandir ancient Hindu epic Ramcharitmanas w /2016/03/shri-
as originally written at this place by satya-narayan-
Hindu poet-saint, reformer and tulsi-
philosopher Goswami Tulsidas in the manas.html
16th century (c.1532–1623).
Construction finished in 1964 and was
funded by the Thakur Das Sureka
family of Bandhaghat, Howrah ,West
Bengal. The temple was constructed
in white marble and landscaping all
around the temple. Verses and scenes
(pictorials) from Ramcharitmanas are
engraved on the marble walls all over
the temple
8. Shooltankes THIS IS THE OLDEST AND https://shooltan
hwar MARVELOUS TEMPLE OF GOD keshwar.blogsp
Temple SHIVA . It is located in Kashi ot.com/
 Pooratan Mandir, India. Ismandir
Kaulakh is located in "Kashikhand",
this temple is located around 16 km
from the center of the central station.
9. Baba Shree Long ago many great saints went to http://www.vara
Kaal the Sumeru Mountain in order to nasi.org.in/kalb
Bhairav know from Lord Brahma that who is hairav-temple-
Temple eternal and supreme power. Lord varanasi
Brahma stated that he was the superior
person. Lord Vishnu (also known as
the Yagyeshwar or Narayan) was not
agreed with the quick and impudent
decision of the Lord Brahma. Both,
Lord Brahma and Lord Vishnu went
to the four Vedas for the answer of
same question. Rig Veda answered
that the Rudra is supreme as He has
the power to control all living beings.
Yajur Veda answered that Lord Shiva
is supreme as He could be worshiped
by various Yagnas (Yagam). Sam
Veda declared that Triambakam is
supreme as He is worshipped by a
variety of Yogis and can control the
entire world. Atharva Veda answered
that Lord Shankar is supreme as He
can eliminate all the troubles of
human beings. All of the four Vedas
declared that Lord Shiva is the
ultimate supreme
10. Nepali Once Rana Bahadur Shah, the King of https://www.nat
Temple  Nepal took refuge in Varanasi. It was iveplanet.com/tr
he who decided to build a Shiva avel-
Temple here which resembles the guide/nepali-
Pashupathinatha Temple in temple-in-
Kathmandu. Though the construction varanasi-
of this temple began during his exile, 002680.html
it took almost 30 years to get
completed.
The King Rana Bahadur Shah went
back to Nepal during the construction
stages and he was stabbed to death
immediately after his return. Later, his
 son Girvan Yuddha Bikram Shah Dev
completed the temple after 20 years

11. Annapurna Once, Lord Shiva said to the Goddess http://www.vara

Mandir Parvati that the whole world is an nasi.org.in/anna
  illusion and the food is the part of that purna-temple-
known as ‘Maya’. The Goddess of varanasi
food (Mata Parvati) became very
angry and She had to show the
importance of all the material, in order
to that She had vanished all things
from the world. In the absence of food
from the earth, the earth became
infertile and everyone had suffered
from the deep hunger.
She had to reappear in the world by
seeing His devotees suffering from the
deep hunger. She, then made a kitchen
in the holy city, Varanasi. Lord Shiva
too came to Her and said that I
understand that the material can never
be sent away as an illusion. From that
time Mata Parvati is worshiped as an
Annapurna means the Goddess of
Food.

12. Shri Batuk A child shape of Bhairav Nath, Batuk https://www.hel

Bhairav Bhairav is assumed to be an lotravel.com/in
Mandir incarnation of Lord Shiv. Many dia/shri-batuk-
miracles and stories are associated bhairav-mandir
with this temple in Varanasi that's
centuries antique. The temple is the
same as it has been for years and no
changes have been made to it. This
temple is a fantastic enchantment for
the Tantrik community and Aghoris.
However, even not unusual guys who
consider in Shree Batuk Bhairav go to
this temple in massive numbers. Here,
inside the temple an Akhand Deep or
eternal lamp burns for all time and as
in keeping with not unusual notion,
has magical powers of Lord Bhairav.
13. Mritunjya The history of this temple is all behind http://www.vara
Mahadev an ancient well and “The Shivling”. In nasi.org.in/mrit
Temple the campus of the temple there is an yunjay-
Varanasi ancient well (also known as koop). mahadev-
The water of this well has therapeutic temple-varanasi
effect on human beings. It is
considered as it has mixture of several
underground water streams and has
miraculous effect for curing numerous
diseases.
Another story behind the magical well
is that, a famous person “Dhanvantari”
(father of the Ayurveda) has poured
all his medicine in that well, that’s
why the water of this well is sacred
and has medicinal effect as well as
able to cure various diseases.

14. Badyanath A story has been described in Shiv https://pawanpa

Mahadev Mahapuran related to origin and thvaranasi.in/ba
Mandir significance of Baidyanath Jyotirlinga, idyanath-
according to which when Ravana temple/
failed to please Lord Shiva even after
performing rigorous penance at
Kailash mountain then he started
chopping off his head and offered it to
Lord Shiva as a sacrifice. As a result
of it, being pleased with the prayers of
Ravana, Lord Shiva appeared in front
of him and fixed all his heads and
asked him to seek a boon. Hearing
this, Ravana requested Lord Shiva to
come with him to Sri Lanka. Although
Ravana could not take shivlinga with
him to Lanka yet gods were worried
when they get to know about boons
received by Ravana from Lord Shiva.
To ask for the resolution, all gods
went to Lord Brahma. Hearing them,
Lord Brahma assured that he will find
some solution to this problem.
Afterwards, Naradji went to Ravana
and praised him and asked all the
 details of his penance. Ravana replied
proudly that with the boon granted by
Lord Shiva to him, he will soon
conquer all the three worlds. To which
Naradji said “ Hey Ravana! Now I
will tell you something of your
interest. To check that till what extent
the boon given by Lord Shiva is
fruitful, you must go to Kailash
mountain and should try to root out
the Kailash mountain.” Ravana got
this point and left for Kailash
mountain. When he reached there, he
started shaking Kailash mountain to
uproot it. When Lord Shiva came to
know about this act of Ravana, he
became angry and cursed Ravana that
soon a brave man will take birth who
will shatter his ego. Hearing this
Ravana went back.
15. Maa Mangla According to the story mentioned in https://pawanpa
Gauri the 49th chapter of Kashi Khand, The thvaranasi.in/m
Mandir eigth day of Vasantik Navratri is angala-gauri/
dedicated to the eighth form of
Goddess Gauri that is Goddess
Bhavani Gauri. According a legend
described in Kashi Khand, once Surya
Dev established a Shivlinga and a idol
of Goddess Gauri at Panchnad Teerth
( Panchganga Ghat) and performed
rigorous penance. Being pleased with
his prayers, Lord Shiva himself
appeared in front of him along with
Goddess Parvati and established
himself there along with Goddess
Gauri ( a form of Goddess Parvati) as
a boon to Surya Dev. It is believed
that by worshipping Goddess Mangala
Gauri, devotees are blessed with all
sort of happiness and prosperity in
their lives.

16. Durga In adhyaya (chapter) 23 of the Devi-  "Durga

 Mandir, Bhagavata Purana, this temple's origin Mandir".
Varanasi is explained. As per the text, Kashi Varanasi.org.
Naresh (king of Varanasi)called Retrieved 1
a Swayamvar for his daughter March 2015
Sashikala's marriage. The King later
learnt that the princess was in love
with vanvasi prince Sudarshan. So
Kashi Naresh got his daughter secretly
married to the prince. When the other
Kings (who were invited for
Swayamvar) got to know about the
marriage, they got angry and went on
war with Kashi Naresh. Sudarshan
then offered prayers to Durga, who
came on a lion and fought the war for
Kashi Naresh and Sudarshan. After
the war, Kashi Naresh pleaded to
Durga to protect Varanasi and with
that belief, this temple was
constructed.
17. Sankat It is considered that the temple was http://uttarprade
Mochan built from the time when Goswami sh.gov.in/en/det
Temple Tulsidas had a vision of the Hanuman. ails/sankat-
The temple was established by the mochan-
great saint Goswami Tulsidas (the temple/3100320
author of the Ramacharitamanas). 03600
Goswamiji has specifically named the
deity "Sankat Mochan" which means
reliever from troubles. 
18. Narmedesh Once there was a debate between http://varanasite
War Temple sages about which is the most sacred mples.in/catego
river. Ganga was the unanimous ry/shiva-
answer. Long time back, Narmada temples/other-
prayed to lord Brahma. Brahma shiva-temples-l-
appeared in front of them and asked r/narmadeshwar
for a boon. Narmada asked that shw /
should be treated at par with Narmada.
Brahma replied no god is equivalent to
Shiva, no river is more sacred than
Ganga. Narmada became angry and
did a intense prayer for Shiva. Shiva
appeared and said that Narmada is at
par with Ganga and anyone who just
 sees it will be exonerated by his sins.
The linga which Narmada established
is known as Narmedeshwar.
19. Jivdani During their forest https://en.wikip
Mata journey, Pandavas came edia.org/wiki/Ji
Mandir to Shurparaka. They visited the holy vdani_Mata
temple of Vimaleshwar consecrated
by Lord Parashuram and on their
journey to Prabhas halted on the banks
of Vaitarni river. There they
worshipped the
Bhagavati Ekaveera on the banks of
Viraar Tirtha and seeing the serenity
and lofty nature decided to carve
caves in the nearby mountains. They
did so on the hills nearby and installed
and worshipped the Yoga Linga of
Ekaveera devi in one of the caves.
They called her Bhagavati Jeevadhani
(That is Goddess, who is the real
wealth of life). Doing so Pandavas
also made a set of small caves now
known as "Pandav Dongri" about a
mile from Shirgaon for the hermits.
Many yogis used to stay in Pandav
Dongri and have darshan of Jeevdhani
Devi.
20. Shailputri The first day of Shardiya Navratri is https://pawanpa
Durga dedicated to the first form of Goddess thvaranasi.in/sh
Temple Durga that is Goddess Shailputri. ailputri-durga/
According to a belief, this form of
Goddess Durga was married to Lord
Shiva. As she was daughter of the
King of mountains i.e. Himalayas,
therefore she is known as Goddess
Shailputri.
It is believed that her earlier birth, she
was the daughter of King Daksha and
her name was Sati. Goddess Sati got
married to Lord Shiva. In her rebirth
she was born as Shailraj Himalaya’s
daughter and was known as Shailputri
also known as Parvati or Hemvati. She
 is believed to remove all the
problems/obstacles faced by her
devotees.
21. Arunaditya According to a legend described in https://pawanpa
Temple Kashi Khand, Sage Kashyap had two thvaranasi.in/ar
wives Kadru and Vinta. Kadru gave un-aditya/
birth to hundred snake sons and Vinta
gave birth to three sons namely Ulook,
Arun and Garuda. Other birds
removed Ulook from the designation
of Pakshiraj by stated him as
“Nirgun”. This depressed Vinta . So,
when she conceived for the second
time, she attempted to break the shell
of the egg in the premature level only
with the wish to see her child. After
breaking the premature shell, Arun
took birth from it. Arun was perverted
being prematurely born. His body
above the thighs was fully developed
but lower portion was not properly
developed. Just after his birth as a
prematurely delivered baby, Arun
cursed his mother that one day she
will become a slave of her sister
Kadru. When Vinta requested for the
freedom from the curse, Arun told his
mother that if she will let her another
egg develop properly then she will
give birth to a son who will make her
free from slavery. With these words,
Arun flew to Kashi, established an
idol of Lord Surya there and started
performing penance. As a result,
Suryadev manifested, blessed him
with a number of boons and
established himself there in form of
Arun Aditya.
22. Tilbhadesh Shri Tilbhandeshwar Mahadev Mandir http://www.vara
war Temple was constructed in the 18th century. nasi.org.in/tilbh
Varanasi The temple is dedicated to Lord andeshwar-
Shiva and is situated in Pandey temple-varanasi
Haveli, next to Bengali Tola Inter
 College (Bhelupur, Varanasi). It is
believed that the Shiv Ling in the
temple emerged by itself 2,500 years
ago and increases every year by the
size of a "til" (Hindi: तिल; i.e. Sesame
Seed). Presently the Shiv Ling is 3.5
feet in height and the diameter of the
base is approximately 3 feet. It is also
believed that Mata Sharda had spent
some days in this temple
23. Ratneshwar According to a popular legend, it was https://en.wikip
Mahadev built by an unnamed servant of Raja edia.org/wiki/R
Temple Man Singh for his mother Ratna Bai atneshwar_Mah
about 500 years ago. After having adev_temple#ci
built the temple, he proudly boasted te_ref-GSF_3-5
that he paid his debt to his mother
(Matru-run). However, since the debt
to one's mother can never be repaid,
the temple started leaning because of a
curse by the mother.[3] That is the
reason for the alternative name of the
temple: Matru-run (Mother's debt).
According to another story, it was
built by a female servant of Ahilya
Bai of Indore, named Ratna Bai.
Ahilya Bai cursed it to lean because
her servant had named it after herself
24. Sankata In the late 18th century, the King of "Sankata Ghat
Devi Baroda constructed the Sankata Ghat. history". Superb
Mandir At the same time, the Sankata Devi India Tours.
Mandir was also constructed. In the Retrieved 25
year 1825, the ghat was May 2015
made pucca by the widow of Brahmin
Pandit
25. Vishalakshi The daughter http://varanasi-
Temple of Prajapati Daksha, Sati was married temples.com/cat
to the god Shiva against his wishes. egory/devi-
Daksha organized a great yajna, but temples/vishala
did not invite Sati and Shiva. kshi-gauri/
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 Virabhadra) 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 Vishnu 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 Bhairava, the male
counterpart or guardian of the
presiding goddess of the Pitha.
[4] Sati's eye or earring is believed to
have fallen at Varanasi, establishing
Vishalakshi as a Shakti Pitha
26. Gangaditya According to a story mentioned in https://pawanpa
Temple Kashi Khand, when holy Ganga thvaranasi.in/ga
arrived in Varanasi, Suryadev reached nga-aditya/
there to praise Ganga. It is believed
that since that day, he is established
there and still praising Ganga. He is
popularly known as Ganga Aditya
here. According to beliefs, merely by
darshan of Ganga Aditya, devotees
can get rid of all their sins and
diseases.
In ancient times, idol of Ganga Aditya
was established at south of Agastya
Kund along with idols of Ganga
Keshav and Gangaji. But presently
these three idols are established at
Lalita Ghat.

27. Keshavadity According to a story mentioned in https://pawanpa

a Temple Kashi Khand, once Suryadev was thvaranasi.in/ke
roaming in the sky, he saw Lord shav-aditya/
Vishnu worshipping. In a curiosity to
know that universally worshipped
Lord Vishnu is worshipping whom,
Suryadev went closer to him. On
 asking, Adikeshav told Suryadev that
in Varanasi, Lord Shiva is the only
deity to be worshipped and Shri
Keshav has also got his splendor from
Lord Shiva only. By worshipping
Lord Shiva, sins of hundreds of births
can be washed away. On hearing this
from Shri Keshav, Suryadev started
performing penance by
worshipping Shivalinga by assuming
Adikeshav as his Guru. Since then,
Lord Aditya is established here and
popularly known by the name of
Keshav Aditya. It is believed that by
worshipping Keshav Aditya, devotees
can get rid of all their sins.
28. Khakholaka Based on a story described in Kashi https://pawanpa
ditya Khand, in ancient times, thvaranasi.in/kh
Temple Dakshprajapati had two daughters akholak-aditya/
namely Kadru and Vinta who were
married to the son of Marichi Prajapati
Kashyap. Once while playing they
started conversing. Kadru asked Vinta
that a horse who is part of the chariot
of Suryadev is white or spotted?
Kadru also put a bet that the loser will
have to become the slave of the
winner. Thus, Kadru said spotted and
Vinta said white. Later Kadru ordered
her snake sons to go to Ucchaishrava
(the horse) and cover its tail while
spitting poison so that the colour of
the horse will appear spotted. Sons
obeyed their mother. Thus, both
Kadru and Vinta saw the
Ucchaishrava as spotted while passing
through the sky. As per the bet, Kadru
won and Vinta has to become her
slave. From that time onwards Vinta
served Kadru and her sons which
made her feel depressed all the time.
Garuda, the son of Vinta by seeing her
mother sad asked her the reason.
Then, he came to know that as Vinta
is a slave of Kadru that is why she
remains upset all the time. He told her
mother to ask from Kadru’s son that at
what cost, they will make her free
from slavery. Vinta did so. Kadru’s
snake sons replied that in the
exchange of Nectar, they will free
Vinta from slavery. So, Garuda went
to heaven to approach gods for Nectar
to get her mother free from slavery.
Garuda displayed wisdom there and
succeeded to get the Nectar. When
Lord Vishnu came to know about this,
he had a huge war with Garuda.
During battle, Lord Vishnu saw the
valor of Garuda and asked him to seek
a boon. In turn, Garuda asked Lord
Vishnu to seek a boon. In reply Lord
Vishnu asked for two boons from
Garuda. First one was that Garuda
should only show the nectar to snakes
and make his mother free from slavery
and ensure that snakes should not taste
the nectar. Second one was that
Garuda should return the nectar to
gods safely after freeing her mother
from slavery. Garuda reached to
snakes, handed over the nectar to them
and made her mother free from their
slavery as mutually agreed earlier.
Later when snakes tried to taste the
nectar, Garuda told them that if
anyone will touch the nectar without
having a bath, it will be lost.
When snakes went for bath, Lord
Vishnu took the nectar pot and left.
When snakes returned they didn’t
found the nectar there. Seeing this,
with the wish to just taste a drop of the
nectar snakes started licking Kushes,
on which nectar pot was kept. In this
process, they couldn’t get nectar but
 their tongues slitted into pieces.
When Vinta got freedom from slavery
then she moved to Kashi for
atonement of the sins that made her
slave. She made an idol of Khakholak
Aditya and was engrossed in a
rigorous penance. Suryadev being
pleased by her penance established
himself there as a boon to her and
became popular as Khakholak Aditya.
As per beliefs, Khakholak Aditya
removes the hurdles from the lives of
his devotees. Those who worship
Khakholak Aditya get rid of all kinds
of sins.

29. Lolarkaditya According to a story mentioned in https://pawanpa

Temple Kashi Khand, Lord Shiva ordered thvaranasi.in/lol
Suryadev to move to Kashi and cast ark-aditya/
some dents into the flawlessness of
Divodas’ rule in order to reduce his
powers and evict off the religious
King Divodas. Suryadev obeyed Lord
Shiva’s orders and proceeded to
Kashi.
On reaching Kashi, Suryadev got
excited to explore the city that gives
salvation. Later, Suryadev carried out
internal and external checks in the city
but could not find any unrighteousness
against the king. Finally, Suryadev
decided not to return to Mandarachal
and got himself established in Kashi in
the form of his twelve idols. Because
Lord Aditya got mesmerized with the
beauty of Kashi, thus he was called as
Lolark here.
It is believed that if someone go for
annual visit to Lolark on Sunday of
Agahan month then he can get rid off
all his sins. The devotee who takes a
dip at Asi Sangam, and offers Shradh
of their forefathers, he is freed from
 Pitra-Rin. On Shukla Saptami of
January-February, if a person takes
holy dip in the confluence of River
Ganges and Asi, in the Lolark Kund,
he is freed from all his sins of his
seven births.

30. Mayukhadit Based on a story described in Kashi https://pawanpa

ya Temple Khand, in ancient times Suryadev thvaranasi.in/m
established a Mahashivlinga namely ayukh-aditya/
Gabhasteeshwar along with idol of
Bhagwati Mangla Gauri at Trailokya
Vishrut Panchnad teerth and started
worshipping them. After 1 lakh years
of his tough penance, Lord Shiva and
Goddess Parvati appeared in front of
him . By his rigorous penance,
Suryadev became too hot due to which
entire universe started trembling as
extreme level of heat was generated
from Suryadev that affected various
organisms. Lord Shiva pleased with
his penance asked him to seek a boon.
Then Suryadev started praising Lord
Shiva and his better half Goddess
Gauri . Lord Shiva and Goddess Gauri
blessed Suryadev with various boons
and since then Suryadev is established
here and is popularly known as
Mayukh Aditya. As per beliefs,
devotees are freed from all sorts of
diseases if they worship Mayukh
Aditya and if they worship on
Sundays, they does not have to face
poverty in their lives.
31. Saambadity According to a story mentioned in https://pawanpa
a Temple Kashi Khand, once Devarshi Narad thvaranasi.in/sa
visited Dwarkapuri to meet all the mbaditya/
sons of Lord Krishna. On his arrival,
all the sons of Lord Krishna honoured
Narad Muni. But, Saamb who was
egoistic about his looks, did not
respect Narad Muni and ridiculed him.
 Narad Muni told Lord Krishna
regarding this behaviour shown by
Saamb. Along with this, Narad Muni
made Lord Krishna conscious
regarding good looks of Saamb by
telling him that by his good looks,
Saamb can impress the ladies residing
in palace and surroundings.
After departure of Narad Muni, Lord
Krishna kept a deep day-night
observation over Saamb but no faults
could be revealed. Later, when Narad
Muni again visited Dwarikapuri, he
called Saamb, who was playing
outside and asked him to aware Lord
Krishna . Saamb knew that his father
was sitting secluded with all the
women, so he got confused whether
he should go there or not. But at the
same time, he also could not disobey
the sage. So, he went to his father. As
soon as Saamb entered in the private
suite of Lord Krishna, Narad Muni
followed him to the room. Presence of
both Narad and Saamb made all the
women embarrased alongwith Lord
Krishna. Narad Muni explained this
event to Lord Krishna in wrong way
that due to charm of Saamb, all
women present there were attracted to
him. Hearing this, Lord Krishna
became angry and cursed Saamb with
leprosy. But when he came to know
that Saamb was innocent, he
suggested him to proceed to Kashi and
perform penance while establishing an
idol of Suryadev to get rid of the
curse.
32. Uttararkadit Based on a story mentioned in Kashi https://pawanpa
ya Temple Khand, once a Brahmin girl named thvaranasi.in/utt
Sulakshna was engrossed in a rigorous arark-aditya/
penance of Uttarark Aditya form of
Surya Dev after she lost her parents.
 Seing Sulakshna engrossed in
penance, Maa Parvati got pleased with
her and asked her to seek a boon.
Hearing this Sulakshna saw goat who
accompanied her with patience during
her entire penance. So, she requested
Goddess Parvati to bless that goat with
the boon in place of her. Seeing the
altruistic nature of Sulakshna,
Goddess Parvati was highly impressed
and gave her a boon that she will be
her companion (Sakhi) for lifetime.
She also gave a boon to the goat that
she will become the daughter of
Kashiraj in her next life. Since then,
Suryadev is established there as
Uttarark Aditya.
33. Vimaladitya According to a legend mentioned in https://pawanpa
Temple Kashi Khand, in ancient times a thvaranasi.in/vi
Kshatriya named Vimal who was a mal-aditya/
resident of hilly area, suffered leprosy
owing to the bad luck earned by him
in his ancestral birth. So, he left his
home, family, wealth etc. and moved
to Kashi and started performing a
penance worshipping Suryadev. He
used various flowers daily to worship
Suryadev. As a result, Suryadev being
pleased with his prayers blessed
Vimal and his leprosy was cured.
After giving boon to Vimal, Suryadev
established himself there and got
renowned as Vimal Aditya.
34. Vriddhadity Based on a legend described in Kashi https://pawanpa
a Temple Khand, in ancient times a Brahmin thvaranasi.in/vri
named “Vriddhharit” lived in ddh-aditya/
Varanasi. Once he established an idol
of Suryadev at southern side of
Vishalakshi Devi and started
performing a severe penance
devotionally. Being pleased with his
prayers Suryadev manifested before
him and gave him a boon
 of Soundaryrapunj Taran ( youth)as
wished by the Brahmin and
established himself there. Since then
he is popularly known as Vriddh
Aditya here. As per beliefs, by
worshipping Vriddh Aditya, devotees
can attain siddhi and get relieved from
all sorts of diseases.
35. Yamaditya According to a story described in https://pawanpa
Temple Kashi Khand, in ancient times Yamraj thvaranasi.in/ya
established Yameshwar “Shivlinga” ma-aditya/
and an idol of Suryadev namely
“Yama Aditya” at Yamghat and
started worshipping it. As per beliefs,
if devotees worship Yama Aditya after
having a dip in Yamteerth, they don’t
have to face the Yam (death).
Simultaneously, if a devotee performs
Pind daan in Yamteerth on Tuesday
and on Bharni Nakshatrayukta
Chaturdashi, she/he can be freed from
Pitra Rin.