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Devi TempleIn the Jaitpura locality, near the local police station, Skanda Mata — the fifth of the nine Navadurga forms worshipped across the nine days of Navratri — shares her temple premises with Vageshwari (also called Ashwa Rooda), worshipped separately behind a closed ground-floor door within the same compound.
As mother of Skanda (Kartikeya, the god of war), Skanda Mata is worshipped on the fifth day of Navratri across India, and her presence in Jaitpura gives this part of Varanasi a specific, dated point of heavy devotional activity each year during that festival window.
Vageshwari, worshipped within the same premises in her 'Ashwa Rooda' (horse-mounted) form behind a closed door at ground level, represents a distinct, less publicly accessible devotional thread within the same compound — the specific reason for the closed-door arrangement isn't detailed in accessible sources, but such restricted-access inner shrines aren't unusual for older or more esoteric goddess forms in Kashi.
Jaitpura is a residential locality away from the main riverside ghats, making this temple a stop primarily for Navratri-season pilgrims and nearby residents rather than for typical first-time visitors following the central ghat circuit.
Jaitpura, near the local police station
Vageshwari (Ashwa Rooda), in a closed ground-floor shrine
The fifth day of Navratri
The fifth of the nine Navadurga forms worshipped during Navratri, representing the goddess as mother of Skanda (Kartikeya), the god of war.
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