Temples

When the Muslims conquered India and set up the Moghul dynasties, many Hindhu temples were destroyed and mosques built on the site. People began to make their own temples in their houses to worship in private. The patron god of Varanasi is Shiva and he is symbolised by a bull. One picture shows the entrance to a rather grand private temple with the form of a bull outside. The large tree is a peepul tree which is sacred and can never be cut.