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Know more about the holy city of India, Varanasi

New Delhi: India has many holy places like Varanasi, Haridwar, Ujjain, Kancheepuram, Somnath, Puri, Badrinath and Kedarnath, but among them Varanasi is considered the Eternal City, older than Rome. Varanasi is said to be the

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Durga Kund is also a temple of Goddess Durga.

Thousands of Hindu devotees visit Durga Kund during Navratri to worship the goddess Durga.

The temple, built in Nagara architectural style, has multi-tiered spires and is stained red with ochre, representing the red colour of Durga.

The building has a rectangular tank of water called the Durga Kund ("Kund" meaning a pond or pool).

Every year on the occasion of Nag Panchami, the act of depicting the god Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha is recreated in the Kund.

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