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The Vishalakshi Temple or Vishalakshi Gauri Temple is dedicated to the Goddess Vishalakshi (an Avatar of Goddess Parvati / Gauri) at Mir Ghat on the banks of the Ganges at Varanasi.

&nbsp;It is generally regarded as a Shakti Pitha, the most sacred temples dedicated to the Hindu Divine Mother.

The temple is situated by the famous cremation grounds of Manikarnika.

The daughter of Prajapati Daksha, Sati was married to Lord Shiva against his wishes. Daksha organized a great yajna, but did not invite Sati and Shiva. Uninvited, Sati reached the yajna-site, where Daksha ignored Sati and vilified Shiva.&nbsp;

Unable to withstand this insult, Sati jumped into the sacrificial fire and committed suicide. Sati died, but her corpse did not burn. Shiva (as Virabhadra) slew Daksha for being responsible for Sati&#39;s death but later forgave him, resurrecting him.&nbsp;

The wild, grief-stricken Shiva wandered the universe with Sati&#39;s corpse. Finally, Vishnu dismembered the body of Sati into 51 parts, each of which became a Shakti Pitha, temple to a form of the Goddess. Shiva is also worshipped at each Shakti Pitha in the form of Bhairava, the male counterpart or guardian of the presiding goddess of the Pitha.

Sati&#39;s eyes are believed to have fallen at Varanasi, establishing Vishalakshi as a Shakti Pitha.

The Garbhagriha has two idols of Goddess Vishalakshi- a smaller black stone idol called Adi Vishalakshi, which is believed to be the original idol on left back side and another black stone image, adorned with flowers and jewels, installed at a later date.

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Vishalakshi, the &ldquo;wide-eyed&rdquo; goddess has often associated two other goddesses: Kamakshi, the &ldquo;love-eyed&rdquo; goddess of Kanchipuram, and Minakshi, the &ldquo;fish-eyed&rdquo; of Madurai, prominently because of their similar names.

Together the three are regarded as the most important Devi temples by South Indians and they all have very strong roots associated with the Temple.

The&nbsp;Skanda Purana&nbsp;narrates the tale of the sage&nbsp;Vyasa&nbsp;cursing Varanasi, as no one in the city offered him food. Finally, Vishalakshi appears in the form of a housewife and grants food to Vyasa. This role of Vishalakshi is similar to that of Annapurna, who offers food to her husband Shiva, whose hunger can be satiated by her food.

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Importance of the Shri Vishalakshi Mata Shaktipeeth Temple, Kashi:

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	In the sacred geography of Varanasi, six points are said to symbolize&nbsp;Shastanga&nbsp;(six-fold)&nbsp;yoga, which is performing by visiting the six sites. They are the&nbsp;Vishwanath Temple, the Vishalakshi Temple, the Ganges, the&nbsp;Kala Bhairava temple, the Dhundiraj Temple (dedicated to the god&nbsp;Ganesha&nbsp;&ndash; son of Shiva and Parvati) and the Dandapani temple (dedicated to an aspect of Shiva).
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	The devotees believe that offering puja, Jal, chanting songs to the goddess is highly profitable as Goddess provide success and wealth. Unmarried girls worship the Goddess Vishalakshi to find their groom, childless mother for getting a child and unfortunate people for their bright fortune.
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	Adi Shankaracharya performed prayers to renew the powers of the temple and the goddess which had borne the brunt of several invasions. He also installed a Sri Yantram here.
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