[3] Aurangzeb conquered Varanasi in 1669 and destroyed the bindu madhav temple in 1673 and built the Alamgir mosque on the ruins of the shiva temple of krittivaseshwara situated in Daranagar, the heart of varanasi[2] and named it Alamagir Mosque, in the name of his own honoury title "Alamgir", which he had adopted after becoming the emperor of the Mughal empire.

[4] The minarets could not withstand the test of time and in the 19th century, an English scholar James Prinsep had to restore them.

[6] The Panchaganga Ghat where the mosque is situated is where five streams are said to join.

In October lamps are lighted on top of a bamboo staff as a mark of guidance to the ancestors.

[7] Media related to Alamgir Mosque at Wikimedia Commons