This temple located on the BHU grounds represents both the best and the worst of the nationalist impulses of the early 20th century. Fired by modernist zeal, Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya wanted this temple to stand for national revival -- a people rising above caste and communal prejudice. The `new? Vishwanath temple -- also called the Birla Temple -- was built as a replica of the old one destroyed by Aurangzeb. Vishwanath Temple Varanasi