 There are two temples named " Durga " in Varanasi : Durga Mandir built in the 16th century ( exact date not known ) , and Durga Kund ( Sanskrit ' kund ' meaning " pond or pool " ) built in the 18th century . A large number of Hindu devotees visit Durga Kund during Navratri to worship the goddess Durga . The temple , built in the 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 ) . During annual celebrations of Nag Panchami , the act of depicting the god Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha is recreated in the Kund . While the Annapurna Temple , located nearby to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple , is dedicated to Annapurna , the goddess of food , the Sankatha Temple adjacent to the Sindhia Ghat is dedicated to Sankatha , the goddess of remedy . The Sankatha Temple has a large sculpture of a lion and a cluster of nine smaller temples dedicated to the nine planets . Other temples of note are : the Bharat Mata Temple , dedicated to the national personification of India , which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 , the Kalabhairav Temple , the Mrithyunjay Mahadev Temple , and the New Vishwanath Temple located in the campus of BHU , the Tulsi Manas Mandir . 
 <a href='dey_it' title='1'><mark>There</mark></a> are two temples named " Durga " in Varanasi : Durga Mandir<a href='been_done' title='2'><mark></mark></a> built in the 16th century ( exact date not known ) , and Durga Kund ( Sanskrit <a href='null_genetive' title='3'><mark>'</mark></a>kund ' meaning " pond or pool " ) built in the 18th century . A large number of Hindu devotees visit Durga Kund during Navratri to worship the goddess Durga . The temple , built in the Nagara architectural style , <a href='got' title='4'><mark>has</mark></a> multi @-@ tiered spires and is stained red with ochre , representing the red colour of Durga . The building <a href='got' title='5'><mark>has</mark></a> a rectangular tank of water called the Durga Kund ( " Kund " meaning a pond or pool ) . During annual celebrations of Nag Panchami , the act of depicting the god Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha is recreated in the Kund . While the Annapurna Temple , located nearby to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple , is dedicated to Annapurna , the goddess of food , the Sankatha Temple adjacent to the Sindhia Ghat is dedicated to Sankatha , the goddess of remedy . The Sankatha Temple <a href='got' title='6'><mark>has</mark></a> a large sculpture of a lion and a cluster of nine smaller temples dedicated to the nine planets . Other temples of note <a href='drop_aux' title='7'><mark>are</mark></a>: the Bharat Mata Temple , dedicated to the national personification of India , which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 , the Kalabhairav Temple , the Mrithyunjay Mahadev Temple , and the New Vishwanath Temple located in the campus of BHU , the Tulsi Manas Mandir . 
It is 2 temples named " Durga " in Varanasi : Durga Mandir been built in da 16th century ( exact date not known ) , and Durga Kund ( Sanskrit  kund ' meaning " pond or pool " ) built in the 18th century . A large number of Hindu devotees visit Durga Kund during Navratri to worship the goddess Durga . The temple , built in the Nagara architectural style , got multi @-@ tiered spires and is stained red with ochre , reppin the red colour of Durga . The building got a rectangular tank of water called the Durga Kund ( " Kund " meaning a pond or pool ) . During annual celebrations of Nag Panchami , tdaact of depicting thdaod Vishnu reclining on the serpent Shesha is recreated in the Kund . While the Annapurna Temple , located nearby to the Kashi Vishwanath Temple , is dedicated to Annapurna , thedaddess of food , the Sankatha Temple adjacent to the Sindhia Ghat is dedicated to Sankatha , the goddess of remedy . The dakatha Temple got a large sculpture of a lion and a cluster of nine smaller temples dedicated to the nine planets . Other temples of note : the Bharat Mata Temple , dedicated to the ndaonal personification of India , which was inaugurated by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 , the Kadahairav Temple , the Mridaunjay Mahadev Temple , and the New dahwanath Temple located in the campus of BHU , the Tulsidanas Mandir .