Photo credits and sources

• Bhairav with trident, drum, sword and bowl, his dog behind him. Gouache on paper, about 1830. A painting of the deity, not the image in the Kashi mandir
  Unknown artist, Company School, Tiruchirapalli (British Museum), Public domain. Wikimedia Commons
• Shiva as Bhairav with his dog. Pahari painting on paper, 19th century
  Unknown artist, Pahari school (British Museum), Public domain. Wikimedia Commons
• Bhairav seated on his dog with a staff, a worshipper beside him. Gouache drawing, 19th century
  Unknown artist (Wellcome Collection), CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia Commons
• A carved doorway and balconies in one of the old lanes of Varanasi. Not the Kaal Bhairav mandir
  ReetiSingh14, CC0. Wikimedia Commons
• A market lane in old Varanasi, the kind you walk through to reach the mandir
  Sujay25, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons
• A lane leading down to Meer Ghat in Varanasi
  R. M. Calamar, CC BY 2.0. Wikimedia Commons
• Morning at Scindia Ghat on the Ganga, a short walk from the lanes of Bhaironath
  travelwayoflife, CC BY-SA 2.0. Wikimedia Commons
• The ghats of Kashi seen from the river
  Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0. Wikimedia Commons
• Manikarnika Ghat in 1905
  E. B. Havell, 'Benares, the Sacred City', 1905, Public domain. Wikimedia Commons

Where the information comes from

• Shri Kaal Bhairav Temple - kashi.gov.in (Varanasi administration portal)
• Kaal Bhairav Temple, Varanasi - Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism)
• Stories of 169 Places of Importance at Kashi-Sarnath (PDF hosted by the High Commission of India, Canberra)
• Kala Bhairava Temple - Cultural Heritage of Varanasi (cites Eck 1982, Singh 2004/2009, Gutschow 2006)
• Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi - Wikipedia (English)
• काल भैरव मन्दिर, वाराणसी - विकिपीडिया (Hindi)
• ETV Bharat (23 Nov 2024): Kaal Bhairav seated as Kotwal in Banaras, permission needed to begin any work
• ETV Bharat (5 Dec 2023): Bhairav Ashtami, why Vishwanath yatra is incomplete without Kaal Bhairav
• ETV Bharat (14 Nov 2022): Kaal Bhairav seated as the Kotwal of Kashi
• Amar Ujala (29 Dec 2025): More than three lakh devotees at the court of Kaal Bhairav
• Amar Ujala (7 Dec 2025): Network of darshan touts exposed at Kaal Bhairav temple
• Amar Ujala (1 Dec 2018): 601 kg cake cut on Bhairav Ashtami in Kashi
• Hindustan Live Today (26 Dec 2025): Annual shringar and annakut of Baba Kaal Bhairav
• Janwarta (16 Jul 2026): Baba Kaal Bhairav goes out on nagar bhraman
• Patrika (15 Jun 2025): Why Kaal Bhairav is called the Kotwal of Kashi
• Times Now Navbharat (16 Jun 2025): Why Kaal Bhairav is called Kashi ka Kotwal
• India TV Hindi (14 May 2024): Mustard oil lamp at Kaal Bhairav temple
• Outlook India (14 May 2024): PM Modi files nomination from Varanasi after prayers at Kaal Bhairav temple
• DD India (Sep 2026): BPCL and VDA heritage route from Thatheri lane to Kaal Bhairav Temple
• Inditales: Ashta Bhairava Yatra in Kashi
• Moksh Bhumi Kashi: Where the Ashta Bhairav temples of Kashi are
• BhaktiBharat: Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi
• Trawell.in: Kaal Bhairav Mandir, Varanasi
• Varanasi Guru: Kaal Bhairav Temple, the Kotwal of Kashi
• Nomad Saikat: Kaal Bhairav Mandir Varanasi timings and aarti
• Visit Varanasi: Kaal Bhairav Temple
• Optima Travels: Kal Bhairav Temple, Varanasi
• The Divine India (Hindi): Kaal Bhairav Mandir Varanasi