 The Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple , which is situated by the <unk> River , is one of the sacred temples of the Hindu god Hanuman . The present temple was built in the early 1900s by the <unk> and Indian independence figure , Pandit <unk> Mohan <unk> , the founder of Banaras Hindu University . According to Hindu legend the temple was built on the very spot where the medieval Hindu saint Tulsidas had a vision of Hanuman . During a 7 March 2006 terrorist attack , one of three explosions hit the temple while a wedding was in progress , and resulted in injuries to 30 people apart from 23 deaths . Following the attack , a permanent police post was installed inside the temple . 
