This is a replica of Kedarnath of Himalayas.
There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to Get there
The temple is located at Kedar Ghat. There are entrances from both Kedar Ghat and from main road.
Map:
https://goo.gl/maps/d7EvSQGxveK5wSbo6
About Kedareshwar Mahadev
According to Shiv Mahapuran, Kedarnath is located in Kedar Parvat of Himalayas in the western direction of Mandakini. Kedareshwar Jyotirlinga located at Kedar Ghat of Varanasi is a replica of Kedarnath of Himalayas. It is believed that by worshipping Kedareshwar Jyotirlinga of Varanasi, reverents can obtain same punyafal as that received from darshan of Kedarnath of Himalayas.
A story has been described in Shiv Mahapuran related to origin and significance of Kedareshwar Jyotirlinga, according to which once Lord Vishnu took a twin-brother avatar as Nar and Narayan. They both went to Badrika forest area of Himalayas and started performing penance after establishing a parthiv shivalinga there. Being pleased with their prayers, Lord Shiva appeared in front of them and asked them to seek a boon. Then as a boon Nar-Narayan asked Lord Shiva to established himself there so that all his devotees can be blessed with his presence.
Lord Shiva granted their wish and established himself there in form of jyotirlinga in Kedar of Himalayas and was renowned as Kedareshwar. In this way Lord Shiva who destroys all the miseries, sufferings, fears and sins of all creatures, devotees and reverents started residing in Kedar mountain. It is believed that by worshipping and darshan of Kedareshwar all the wishes of reverents are fulfilled.
Kedareshwar is a Shiva temple in Himalayas which is one of the twelve jyotirlingas. According to Kashi Khand, one gentleman performed the upnayanam ceremony of his son named Vashisht at Ujjain. The boy, Vashisht, was very religious and performed all poojas including Linga pooja etc. He used to visit Kedareshwar Temple in Himalayas alongwith his Guru regularly and perform pooja of Lord Kedareshwar.
Once, on the way to Kedareshwar, the Guru died unfortunately and since he had all along done only good deeds, he found a place for himself at Mount Kailas. Vashisht who was 12 at that time, got an enlightenment that those who go for having darshan of Kedareshwar are blessed with all punyas. He then went and settled down at Kashi.
But on all Chaitra Month Poornima days (March 20-April 21), Vashisht (who remained a Brahmachari) used to visit Kedareshwar Ling at Himalayas and this went on for 61 years. But due to old age, he could not move out and he started praying to Lord Shiva at Kashi. Lord Shiva blessed him with a wish and Vashisht requested that Lord Shiva should kindly appear at Kashi itself as Kedareshwar.
Lord Shiva was overwhelmed with the sincerity and devotion of Vashisht and granted accordingly. He appeared as Kedareshwar at Kashi and told Vashisht that performing pooja at Kedareshwar at Kashi will yield seven times greater punya as compared to performing pooja at Kedareshwar at Himalayas (Kashi Khand, Chapter 77).
Gauri Kund, Hans teerth and Manasarovar teerth find mention in Kashi Khand in reference to Kedareshwar but now only Gauri Kund remains. Manasarovar and Hans Teerth have dried up.
People observe vrath (fast) on Chaitra Month (March 20-April 20) Krishna Paksha Chaturdasi and break their fast on Poornima day, the next day, after performing pooja of Kedareshwar. This is as stated in Kashi Khand where Vashisht used to pray Lord Kedareshwar on Chaitra Poornima days (as mentioned in para above). Devotees should chant Rudram in Kedar Temple. According to Ling Puraan, Chapter 14 of the supplement, staunch devotees of this Ling will become equivalent to God.
Kashi is divided into three Khands, Omkar Khand, Vishweshwar Khand and Kedar Khand. It is believed that a person who dies in Kashi attains Mukti. Going a step further, if the person dies in the area governed by Kedar Khand, he obtains immediate mukti while in other two Khands, there are some sort of hardships to be faced.
On all India basis there are twelve Jyotirlings and there are twelve important Shiv Lings in Kashi which represent the aforesaid twelve Jyotirlings. Kedareshwar (Varanasi) is worshipped as Kedareshwar Jyotirling (Uttarakhand).
Read More:
http://pawanpath.up.gov.in/kedareshwar-mahadev/
Shiv Lings of Kashi by Lalitha V
