The ganges the holy river next with all the old bathing ghats are waving to you, come and take a holy dip here.... but wait... we are in the year 2007, the water is highly poluted with all kinds of chemicals and waste from the industries, cities and butcher houses parking near the ganges along from Dehli onwards. And the old area where the Vishvanatha Temple was residing, the great Hindu hater and iconoclast preacher Moslem Aurangazeb razed the temple and built one Mosque in year 1645 there. It was only rebuilt near the old spot 1780 by a Rajput King. This gives even today a very sensitive place were muslims and hindus always clash. The mosque is surrounded by big fences, lot of army with high alert all the time. Last year there was one bomb attack on the famous Hanuman temple in Varanasi by muslims, so the army has sealed all temples to a certain level, and one is allowed only without anything inside(even keys one has to leave outside).
Very strange and awkward feeling if one is pushed to a security bar to visit the Lord.. so yes we are in the year 2007....
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