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Shiva TempleWithin the historic Rajghat Fort compound, at the Adi Keshav temple, Varuna Sangameshwar marks the Varuna Sangam — the confluence of the Varuna river with the Ganga, one of the two rivers (Varuna and Assi) whose names combine to form 'Varanasi.'
This confluence point carries foundational significance for the city's very name and identity, making Varuna Sangameshwar one of the more symbolically important, if less visited, Shiva lingas covered on this site — a marker of the geographic feature that gives Varanasi its identity.
Sharing its address with the Adi Keshav temple, one of Kashi's most significant Vishnu shrines (covered elsewhere on this site) and traditionally considered the point where Vishnu first set foot in Kashi, places this linga within a compound of major combined Shaiva-Vaishnava significance.
The Rajghat Fort itself is a historic structure overlooking this northern stretch of the river, adding a layer of fortified, administrative history to a site that is simultaneously a point of major mythological and geographic importance.
Rajghat Fort, at the Adi Keshav temple
Marks the Varuna Sangam, the confluence giving Varanasi its name
The Adi Keshav Vishnu temple and the Vedeshwar linga
It marks the Varuna Sangam, the point where the Varuna river meets the Ganga — the Varuna and Assi rivers together give Varanasi its name.
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