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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Baba Keenaram Temple<br />
| image = Baba_Kinaram.jpg<br />
| alt = Baba Keenaram Temple<br />
| caption = Baba Keenaram Temple in 2022<br />
| map_type = India Uttar Pradesh<br />
| map_caption = Location within Uttar Pradesh<br />
| coordinates = {{coord|25|17|45.90|N|83|0|09.50|E|type:landmark_region:IN_scale:5000|display=inline,title}}<br />
| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Uttar Pradesh]]<br />
| district = [[Varanasi district|Varanasi]]<br />
| locale = [[Varanasi]]<br />
| elevation_m = 77<br />
| deity = Vishveshwar or Vishwanath ([[Shiva]])<br />
| festivals = [[Maha Shivaratri]]<br />
| architecture = [[Hindu temple]]<br />
|website={{URL|aghorpeeth.org}}}}<br />
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'''Baba Keenaram Sthal''' or '''Baba Keenaram Sthal-Kreem Kund''' is a spiritual centre, headquarters, and pilgrimage site of the [[Aghori]] sect of [[Shaivism]]. It is located in Ravindrapuri, [[Varanasi]], a district of [[Uttar Pradesh]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Cederberg |first=Aki |author-link=Aki Cederberg |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=v3goDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Baba-Keenaram-Sthal%22&pg=PT37 |title=Journeys in the Kali Yuga: A Pilgrimage from Esoteric India to Pagan Europe |publisher=Simon and Schuster |year=2017 |isbn=9781620556801}}</ref><ref name=Schliesinger>{{cite book|last1=Schliesinger|first1=Joachim|title=Traditional Cannibalism in Southeast Asia and Beyond|year=2017|publisher=Booksmango|isbn=9781946765697|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8YIoDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Baba+Keenaram%22+-Bharatpedia&pg=PA101|access-date=6 October 2019}}</ref> The temple is dedicated to [[Baba Keenaram]], the originator of the Aghori sect of Shaivism.<ref name=IBT2017>{{cite news|last=Roy|first=Ananya|title=Mystical or magical? Who are the Aghoris who feed on human brains and mate with corpses?|newspaper=[[International Business Times]]|date=11 March 2017|url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mystical-magical-who-are-aghoris-who-feed-human-brains-mate-corpses-1611017}}</ref><ref name="Navbharat Times">{{cite news|title=Baba Keenaram: चंदौली में सीएम योगी बोले- बाबा कीनाराम की जन्मस्थली बनेगी पर्यटन केंद्र - cm yogi said in chandauli - baba keenaram's birthplace will become tourist spot|url=https://navbharattimes.indiatimes.com/state/uttar-pradesh/others/cm-yogi-said-in-chandauli-baba-keenarams-birthplace-will-become-tourist-spot/articleshow/70898298.cms|access-date=6 October 2019|work=Navbharat Times|date=29 August 2019|language=hi}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Hindu temples in Varanasi]]<br />
* [[Nepali Mandir]]<br />
* [[Tulsi Manas Mandir]]<br />
* [[Bharat Mata Mandir]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://aghorpeeth.org/ Official website]<br />
* [https://aghoristories.com/aghor/detailed-biography-of-kinaram-baba/ Biography of Baba Keenaram]<br />
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