 There are two temples named " Durga " in Varanasi : Durga Mandir built in the 16th century ( exact date not known ) , and Durga Kund ( Sanskrit ' <unk> ' meaning " pond or pool " ) built in the 18th century . A large number of Hindu devotees visit Durga Kund during <unk> to worship the goddess Durga . The temple , built in the <unk> architectural style , has multi @-@ tiered <unk> and is stained red with <unk> , 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 <unk> , the act of depicting the god Vishnu <unk> on the serpent <unk> 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 <unk> 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 <unk> Temple , the <unk> <unk> Temple , and the New Vishwanath Temple located in the campus of BHU , the Tulsi Manas Mandir . 
