BANARAS - VISWANATH MANDIR  

With the advent of Muslims, Kasi fell victim to constant raids, loot. arson and destruction. Some of the Mlechchas, in addition to plundering the city, mutilated the sacred Sivalinga and consigned it to unholy places. Almost all Bhagavannilayas dedicated to gods of every denomination tasted the fury of the zealotry.

But the irony of it, no sooner did the invader turn his back than religious fen-our reinstalled them with agamic rituals, through committed Peethadipathis and theist rulers, thereby showing to the world that Hinduism is aprathihata and its glory, ajaramara. But on one occasion, this holy city went bereft of Sivalinga and regular worship. This is history. Regular prayers were restored with the invisible, yet invincible power of Maheswar.

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