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Bharat Mata Temple, Varanasi
A novel temple
dedicated to Mother India, which, instead of the customary gods and
goddesses, houses one of the most perfect relief maps of India carved
out of marble. The temple was gifted by the nationalists Babu Shiv
Prasad Gupta and Shri Durga Prasad Khatri, leading numismatists and
antiquarians. Starting with five at the base, they converge into one
at the top, symbolizing that this world of five elements has
ultimately to merge with the Supreme (The Brahma).
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