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Devi TempleTucked down a lane off Sankatha Ghat, past the neighbouring Vindhyavasini temple, Siddheshwari Devi's shrine sits in a compound built in two connected parts, with her image placed beside the Shiva lingas of Siddheshwar and Candreshwar.
The Kashi Khand states that living here for six months brings great spiritual power — one of the more specific promises attached to any shrine in this stretch of the old city, and a reason some long-term pilgrims and sadhus have historically chosen to stay nearby for extended periods.
The compound's layout rewards a slow look rather than a quick one: the outer section holds a stone image of Koka Varaha, a small Satyanarayana (Vishnu) shrine, and a porch linga called Varaheshvara that visually ties Shiva and Vishnu together, plus a Kaliyugeshvara linga set below ground level and an old well, the Candreshvara Kund, where visitors traditionally look at their own reflection while praying for a long life.
A narrow inner gate opens into the second part of the compound, where the Siddheshwar and Candreshvara lingas sit together, facing a separate Vidyeshvara linga across the hall — making this less a single shrine than a small cluster of interconnected sacred points, typical of how Kashi's oldest temple compounds tend to grow over centuries rather than being built to one plan.
Down a lane off Sankatha Ghat, past the Vindhyavasini temple
Two connected compounds; look for the Candreshvara well in the first one
Kashi Khand 79.105 links the site to gaining great spiritual power
It sits just off Sankatha Ghat — take the lane from the ghat, pass the Vindhyavasini temple, and turn left into the compound.
The grounds hold several linked shrines and features, including a Satyanarayana (Vishnu) shrine, a Varaheshvara linga, a Kaliyugeshvara linga below ground level, and the old Candreshvara well.
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