Vishalakshi in Varanasi RSS

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Vishalakshi Temple is also known as the Vishalakshi Gauri Temple. It is a most famous Hindu temple located at the Meer Ghat on the bank of the holy River Gange in the Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Vishalakshi Temple is regarded as a Shakti Peetha where Sati Devi's face had fallen in this place. In the Puranas, it is mentioned that the Varanasi city will exist even after the Pralaya.  Vishalakshi of Varanasi is mentioned as first of 108 Shakti Pithas in the list in the Devi Bhagavata Purana. The face of Sati is described to have fallen here. This is the only instance where a...

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