Maa Brahmacharini Ji Mandir

A source-led guide to Maa Brahmacharini Ji Mandir at Durga Ghat, preserving the small ghat-shrine identity and its Day 2 place in the Kashi Navadurga route.

• Physical owner recordDM-NVD-P1-002-UP
• Navadurga association recordDM-NVD-P1-002-UP
• Source guideDM-NB-002-A_UP.docx
• Physical temple identityMaa Brahmacharini Ji Mandir at Durga Ghat
• Navadurga associationNavadurga Day 2 association: Maa Brahmacharini
• Canonical scopeKashi Navadurga Day 2 ghat shrine

The supplied guide presents Brahmacharini as the ascetic second Navadurga form, carrying a rosary and water pot and wearing white. Penance, discipline and self-control are retained as devotional meanings.

The source links the shrine with Parvati's penance and the Kashi Khand. Claims concerning enemies, wishes or supernatural results are not presented as verified outcomes.

Editorial classification: Sacred narratives, miracle language, promised blessings, Shakti Peetha statements and ancient-age claims are presented as traditional or attributed claims, not independently verified facts.

The source describes ancient origins within Varanasi's sacred geography but supplies no documented construction date or builder. This guide does not assign one.

The source describes a ghat temple with a tiered pyramidal roof, red-stone surroundings and steps from the Ganga. The sacred image is reported behind a metal mask and flowers. Architectural labels remain source-described.

The shrine may be approached through the Durga Ghat, Brahma Ghat or Balaji Ghat lanes and by the river steps. Current boat access and step conditions require local confirmation.

1. Reconfirm operations
   Check current opening, security and queue arrangements.
2. Use the approved location contract
   Compare the source coordinates, address and current local signs.
3. Follow the active entrance
   Use present signs and staff directions.
4. Respect identity boundaries
   Keep the physical temple and Navadurga association distinct.
5. Ask before offerings
   Use authorised counters and current rules.
6. Leave safely
   Follow crowd, footwear and transport guidance.

This sequence is visitor guidance only. Current temple directions take priority.

Confirm before travel: Published hours, puja times, fees, booking, dress, photography, accessibility, queues, transport, festival programmes and seva availability can change. Confirm current information with the temple authority before travel.

Darshan focuses on Maa Brahmacharini in the small ghat shrine.

Sugar, white flowers, sweets, coconut and cloth are source-described offerings; current acceptance must be confirmed.

Publication boundary: No unreviewed Sanskrit mantra, Roman transliteration, initiation-only practice, dangerous fire procedure, extreme fasting, animal harm, self-harm, coercive exorcism or guaranteed remedy is published.

• Temple conductExpect steps and narrow lanes near the Ganga.
• Devotional claimsDo not interpret sacred-result claims as guaranteed outcomes.
• Current verificationPublished hours, puja times, fees, booking, dress, photography, accessibility, queues, transport, festival programmes and seva availability can change. Confirm current information with the temple authority before travel.

Classification: identity and address are stable source facts; sacred narratives and promised benefits are attributed claims; live operations require current verification.