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Bharat Mata Mandirभारत माता मंदिर

A temple with no deity: instead a relief map of undivided India carved in Makrana marble, 9.5 metres across, with every mountain and river to scale. Built by Babu Shiv Prasad Gupta and opened by Mahatma Gandhi in 1936 on the Kashi Vidyapith campus.

Tips

Walk the gallery above the map to see the whole subcontinent at once.
It is a ten-minute walk from Cantt station.

How to reach

1.1 km from Varanasi Junction (Cantt) station in a straight line
19.9 km from Lal Bahadur Shastri Airport in a straight line
2 km from Godowlia crossing, where cars stop for the old city in a straight line

Straight-line distances; by road through the lanes it is further.

Directions in Google Maps View on OpenStreetMap

Sources: Wikipedia — Bharat Mata Mandir