<P> The temple has been referred to in Hindu scriptures for a very long time as a central part of worship in the Shaiva philosophy . It has been destroyed and re-constructed a number of times in history . The last structure was demolished by Aurangzeb , the sixth Mughal emperor who constructed the Gyanvapi Mosque on its site . The current structure was built on an adjacent site by the Maratha ruler , Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore in 1780 . </P>
<P> The temple has been referred to in Hindu scriptures for a very long time as a central part of worship in the Shaiva philosophy . It has been destroyed and re-constructed a number of times in history . The last structure was demolished by Aurangzeb , the sixth Mughal emperor who constructed the Gyanvapi Mosque on its site . The current structure was built on an adjacent site by the Maratha ruler , Ahilya Bai Holkar of Indore in 1780 . </P>
who rebuilt kashi vishwanath mandir in 16 th century
who rebuilt kashi vishwanath mandir in 16 th century
Ahilya Bai Holkar
Ahilya Bai Holkar