Kashi Vishwanath

One of the twelve Jyotirlingas, rising above the sacred ghats of the Ganga in Varanasi, the oldest continuously living city in the world. Devotees believe a darshan here grants liberation, and the shrine has stood at the spiritual heart of Sanatana Dharma through centuries of destruction and rebuilding. Its present golden-spired form was reconstructed by Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar in 1780.