The Kedar Ghat houses the Gauri Kund, a small water pool which has an image of Gauri, Lord Shiva’s wife in the eastern wall. It is said that the water in this kund has healing properties. The Kedareswara Shiva Temple, at the Kedar Ghat has great mythological importance and it is believed that anyone who visits this temple gets blessings as the same after visiting. These riverfront steps are referred to as greatest of the bathing tirthas in Kashi.