It is believed that the temple has been built on the very spot where Tulsidas had a vision of Hanuman.
The Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple was founded by Tulsidas who was the author of the Ramacharitamanasa, which is the greatest version of lord Ram story written in Avadhi.
The Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple was constructed by the educationist and freedom fighter Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya (the founder of the BHU) in the early 1900s.
The temple of the Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple has a unique feature of having the idol of Lord Hanuman in front of Lord Rama .
The temple is located about 11 km from the railway station of Varanasi and same distance from the roadways bus stand and 3 km from the BHU.
