Durga Kund Temple

Durga Kund, the red-ochre temple beside the tank of the same name in Varanasi, is an eighteenth-century foundation attributed to the Bengali queen Bhabani of Natore. The tank was once connected to the river, and the temple's Nagara shikhara is built of small tiers rising to a single point.

It is a Shakta temple and is busiest through the two Navratris, when the lane outside is a market of offerings. The colour of the building — the whole exterior washed in red ochre — is the first thing anyone remembers about it.

The temple and the tank share a compound, and the whole of it is walkable from the Assi end of the city. Non-Hindu visitors are admitted to the courtyard but not to the sanctum, which is the usual arrangement at Varanasi's older temples.

Timings

5:00 AM – 9:00 PM

How to reach

Varanasi Junction · 6 km

Locality

Durgakund