
The most crucial thing to remember is that on the day after the explosion, the temple was packed with worshippers. That incident occurred during the aarti and impacted a large number of worshippers and wedding guests. One of the three explosions that day occurred there, and it struck the temple. The 7th of March 2006 left a very terrible effect on Lord Hanuman’s worshippers. Veer Bhadra Mishra was the past head of the IIT, BHU, Varanasi’s Department of Civil Engineering. The US and Swedish governments jointly funded this initiative.

Veer Bhadra Mishra worked to clean and maintain the sacred Gange River. The Sankat Mochan Foundation was founded in 1982 by Veer Bhadra Mishra (the temple’s head priest). The Ramcharitamanas is the Hindi translation of the Hindu epic Ramayana, written by the Valmiki. The shrine was founded by Goswami Tulsidas, a famous saint (the author of the Ramacharitamanas). The temple is said to have been constructed after Goswami Tulsidas had a vision of Hanuman. The Sankat Mochan temple is distinguished by the presence of Lord Hanuman’s idol in front of his Lord Rama (to whom he is always dedicated unselfishly). They also use the flower garland to decorate Lord Hanuman’s idol. Prasad and Sindoor are placed on the Lord Hanuman statue, which is sold on the temple grounds, by devotees. Every year on Hanuman Jayanti (Lord Hanuman’s birthday), a unique Shobha Yatra (parade) is organized from Durga temple (Durga Kund) to Sankat Mochan Temple. Madan Mohan Malviya (the founder of the BHU) built Sankat Mochan Temple. In the early 1900s, educationist and independence warrior Pt. The Sankat Mochan’s meaning is “relief from all worries” (Sankat means problem and Mochan means relief giver). It’s at Varanasi’s southern outskirts, on the road to the Durga Mandir and New Vishwanath temple BHU, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It is one of Lord Hanuman’s sacred temples, as well as the focal point for Hindus’ many religious and cultural events. Because there are so many monkeys inside the premises, this shrine is also known as the Monkey Temple.



The Lord Hanuman is honored at Sankat Mochan Temple.
