Kashi Vishwanath Dham: All you need to know about PM's grand project

The Kashi Vishwanath Corridor is a massive project that will link the famous temple to the banks of river Ganga.

The foundation stone for the project was laid by PM Modi on March 8, 2019.

When completed it will cover a massive area of about five lakh square feet, whereas earlier premises were limited to just around 3000 square feet.

The project involved purchase and acquisition of more than 300 properties around the temple and, around 1,400 shopkeepers, tenants and homeowners were rehabilitated.

The first phase of the temple has been completed and constructed at a cost of Rs 339 crores.

A total of 23 buildings are part of the phase one of the project.

They will provide a variety of facilities to pilgrims, including tourist facilitation centre, vedic centres, salvation home, city museum, viewing gallery, food court among others.

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The Kashi Vishwanath Temple is one of the 12 Jyotirlings - or special temple dedicated to Lord Shiva.

The temple is said to have been demolished several times. It's current structure was constructed by Maharani Ahilyabai Holkar around 1780, and in the 19th century, Maharaja Ranjit Singh had got it crowned with a golden 'shikhar'.