Baba Baidyanath Dham

The temple of Baba Baidyanathdham

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The temple of Baba Baidyanathdham is situated in a spacious courtyard bounded by stone walls. In the temple complex are 22 other temples. The Baidyanath temple faces east. The top of the original Shiva Lingam was slightly broken, keeping with the legend that it chipped away when Ravana tried to uproot it . The Lingam has since been rebuilt. Near the temple is the Shivaganga Lake. The Chandrakoopa well, near the main entrance is said to have been built and consecrated with water from several pilgrimages by Ravana.

Baidyanath is also considered as one of the 52 Shakti Peetha shrines of Sati. It is believed that the heart of Sati fell here, when her half burnt body being carried by Shiva at the end her sacrifice at Daksha's Yagna, was chopped to pieces by Vishnu's discus.

Baidyanathdham is a popular Tantrik seat for Sadhakas. Famous scholar and Tantric Gopinath Kaviraj has mentioned Baidyanathdaham as a seat of Tantric Sadhana. There is also one ever flaming Kund where tantrik rituals are being performed for Shakti Sadhana. Tanric Sadhana is the crux to worship Lord Shiva and Shakti.

Baba Baidyanath Temple, Deoghar

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The Puranas speak of the Baidyanath Jyotirlingam. According to the Shiva Purana, it was in the Treta Yuga that the demon Ravana, king of Lanka, felt that his capital would not be perfect and free from enemies unless Lord Shiva stays there forever, he paid continuous meditation to Lord Shiva.

Finally, Shiva was pleased and permitted him to carry his lingam with him to Lanka. Lord Shiva advised him not to place or transfer this lingam to anyone. There should not be a break in his journey to Lanka. If he deposits the lingam anywhere on the earth, in the course of his journey, it would remain fixed at that place forever. Ravana was happy as he was taking his return journey to Lanka.

His fate willed otherwise. The gods took it ill. They never liked to see Lord Shiva as his protector. They devised a plan for outwitting Ravana. They requested Varuna (the god of water) to enter into the belly of Ravana. So, on his way Ravana felt a severe urge to release water. He began looking for a man to whom he could temporarily entrust the lingam.

Lord Vishnu appeared before Ravana in the guise of a Brahmin. Unaware of the mystery, Ravana handed over the lingam to the Brahmin. Unfortunately, Ravana could not ease himself soon.

Meanwhile, the Brahmin placed the lingam at this place which was and which is now Baidyanathdham.

Ravana tried hard to remove the lingam from the spot where it had been placed. He could not turn out the lingam even an inch. This made him frustrated. He used violence but he only succeeded in pushing the lingam by thumb. Later on he felt guilty of his doings and begged for forgiveness. He returned to Lanka but visited daily to worship the lingam. This continued forever. The place where Ravana descended on the earth is identified with the present Harilajori about four miles north of Baidyanathdham. The place where the lingam was kept is now Deoghar and the lingam itself is known to all as Baidyanath Jyotirlingam.

BabaNagari Dwar

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BABANAGARI DWAR

Basukinath Temple

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It is famous for its Shiva Temple, and the pilgrimage to Babadham is considered incomplete, without paying homage at Basukinath.

It is situated 42 km from Deoghar near the village of Jarmundi and connected by road. It is an indigenous temple bearing local art.

The temple’s history is connected with Ghatwals of Nonihat.
There are other small temples also in the campus of the Basukinath temple.

Temple Campus Entrance	Shiva Linga
The Temple	The Garbha Griha

Baiju Temple

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There are three temples to the west of the Baba Baidyanath Temple complex in the main market of Deoghar. These are known as Baiju Temples.

The Baiju temples were constructed by the heir of main priests of Baba Baidyanath Temple. A Shiva Lingam has been installed in each temple.

As per the Hindu mythology a Bhil boy named Baiju was taught by Lord Vishnu about the worshipping. He was told to pour water on Shiva Lingam. He had no water pot. He filled his mouth with water and poured it upon the Shiva Lingam. Lord Shiva was so pleased with his simplicity that he appeared to him. The temple has been known by this boys name since that event.

Ajgaibinath Temple at Sultanganj

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Sultanganj is a village in Bhagalpur district of Bihar, 109 km away from Babadham. It is situated close to the Ganges, near a railway station by the same name. Sultanganj is conspicuous for two great rocks of granite, one of which on the river bank is crowned by Musalman mosque. The second and larger one is occupied by a temple of Ghaibinath Siva, and is a place of great holiness in the eyes of Hindus. The river here impinges on a stone cliff and this is believed to be the scene of the love of River Nymph and Lord Shiva.

Close to Sultanganj railway station are extensive remains of Buddhist monasteries, where a number of figures have been exhumed, and nearby is a fine old Stupa.

The tradition runs that a devotee or sanyasi named Harinath, who had forsaken the pleasures of the world, dwelt here at one time. He used to make pilgrimages to the shrine of Baidyanath at Babadham until, at last, God informed him in a dream that he would have no further occasion to go so far, as on his return to this island rock he would find an image there to which he may address his prayers. He found the promised idol awaiting him at Sultanganj and founding a convent of devotees. He became its first mahant. Almost everyone who comes to bathe at Sultanganj visits the place, and carries up a vessel of water to pour over the image.

It is said that in ancient times Sultanganj being the abode of the sage Jahnu, was a very famous place. Being the Ashram of a sage, it must have been a popular seat of learning and students must have received learning and erudition under the guidance of the learned sage.

The hill that contained the Ashram of Jahnu Muni is still existing in the mid stream of the Ganga and at present the famous Shiva temple of Ajgaivinath is situated at its summit. The origin of the temple is shrouded in mystery. According to the legend lord Shiva took here a bow known as Ajgav and so the place came to be known as Ajgaivinath. It is commonly said that Kalapahar failed to demolish Ajgaivinath temple but he could destroy the Parvati temple on the neighbouring hill and built a mosque there. Formerly, this hill must have been bigger and spacious. The high floods and the constant strong currents of the Ganga must have worn away the decaying granite rocks of the hill. he present village Jahangira to the west of Sultangang still keeps alive the memory of the Ashram of Jahnu Muni. The name of Jahangira appears to be the distorted form of Jahnugiri (the hill of Jahnu) or Jahnu griha (the abode of Jahnu).

During the rule of the Mauryas, Guptas and Palas many works of art and architecture were raised at Sultanganj. The area has yielded ancient relicks like stupas, seals, coins, terracotta and Hindu and Buddha images. Many carvings can still be seen in the Sultanganj hills. A number of small images along with a copper image of Lord Buddha about seven feet high were excavated here. A Buddha image found in Sultanganj is now in Birmingham Museum.

A large number of antiquities covered from krishnagarh at Sultanganj have been preserved in Patna Museum. They indicate a very high standard of Hindu religiosity and culture. The fact that some of the images and other antiquities are Buddhistic reiterates that the area was very important from Buddhistic point of view as well. Most of the antiquities have been identified with the medieval period.

Through various vicissitudes Sultanganj continued in importance in the later centuries. It is peculiar that a place which has the famous Shiva temple known as Ajgaivinath, which is quite old, should have a name which has a clear muslim impress. It is all the more so when it is remembered that Ajgaivinath temple is one of the three famous Shiva temples in Bihar & Jharkhand, the two other being Basukinath and Baidyanath temples.

Special Puja and Bhog in 2011

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Makar Shankranti, Khichri Bhog and Teel Ka Laddu	Full Magh Month	14 Jan to 13 Feb
2	Gauri Shankar Puja	Magh Shankranti	14 Jan
3	Basant Panchami, Maa Saraswati Puja	Magh Shukla Paksha Panchami	08 Feb
4	Makar Saptami, Maa Tara Puja	Magh Shukla Paksha Saptami	10 Feb
5	Sri Surya Narayan Puja	Magh Shukla Paksha Saptami, Surya Puja	10 Feb
6	Maa Bagla Puja	Magha Purnima	17 Feb
7	Maha Shivratri Puja	Falgun Krishna Paksha Chaturdasi	02 Mar
8	Anand Bhairav Puja	Falgun Shukla Paksha Ashtami	12 Mar
9	Holi Puja, Chhapan Bhog	Falgun Purnima	19 Mar
10	Gamali Puja - Maa Kali Puja	Chaitra Month	29 Mar
11	Chaitra Shukla Navratra Arambh	Chaitra Month	04 Apr
12	Basanti Puja, Annapurna Puja	Chaitra Shukla Paksha Ashtami	11 Apr
13	Ramnavami	Chaitra Shukla Paksha Astami-Navami	12 Apr
14	Chaitra Shankranti (Sattu Bhog)	Full Chaitra Month	14 Apr (30 days)
15	Adra-Bhog	Asharh Month	22 Jun
16	Shravani Puja (Poori Bhog)	One Month, Shravan	16 Jul to one month
17	Ekadasi Puja	Every day of Ekadasi
18	Mangalvari Puja (Maa Kali Puja)	Every Tuesday
19	Amavasya Puja (Maa Kali and Tara Puja)	Every Amavasya
20	Guru Purnima		15 Jul
21	Shrabani Mela	Full One Month	16 Jul to 13 Aug
22	Jhulan Puja (Chhapan Bhog), Sri Radha Krishna Puja	Shravan Shukla Paksha (Ekadasi to Purnima)	09 Aug to 13 Aug
23	Maa Mansa Puja	Shravan-Shankranti	17 Aug
24	Janmastamee (Sri Krishna Puja)	Bhadra Ashtami	21 Aug
25	Mahakal Bhairav Puja	Bhadra-Chaturdasi (Krishna- Paksha)	27 Aug
26	Shri Ganesh Puja	Bhadra, Chaturthi	01 Sep
27	Anant Chaturdasi	Bhadra Chaturdasi	11 Sep
28	Maa Durga Puja	Ashvin Shukla Paksha, Pratipada to Dasami	28 Sep to 06 Oct
29	Kali Puja and Deepavali	Kartik Krishna Paksha, Amawasya	26 Oct
30	Jagat Dhatri Puja	Kartik Month, Akshya Navami	04 Nov
31	Devothan Ekadasi	Kartik Month, Shukla Paksha Ekadasi	06 Nov
32	Kartikay Puja	Kartik Sankranti	17 Nov
33	Dahi-Chura Bhog	Full Agrahan Month	One Month

Online Puja

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If you cannot reach Babadham, no matter where you are in the world, you can still offer your prayers by asking us to perform the Puja of your choice. Select the type of Puja from the list below and submit your request online. The temple Purohits will perform the Puja in your name.

If you wish, you may even request for the Prasadam and Pushpam, which we will send you by post. You may even request for a video recording of your Puja. The recorded puja will be sent to you in a CD.

Please select the Puja that you wish to offer.

PUSHPANJALI

BABA BAIDYANATH WILVAPATRA ARPAN

PANCHOPACHAR

OFFERING OF MILK

PSHODASHOPACHAR

BABA BAIDYANATH'S SHRINGAR

CHAUSATH UPACHAR

DAINIK PUJA

VAIDIK RUDRABHISHEK & SHIVA PUJAN

The Shiva Purana describes the geographical location of Dwadash Jyotirlingam

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Lord Somnath is in the country Saurashtra, Mallikarjuna is on the Shree Shailam,

Mahakala is in Ujjayani, Parameshwar belongs to Onkar,

Kedar in the mountain of Himalaya, Bhimashankar is in the country of Dakini,

Viswesh belongs to Varanasi, the Lord Trayam bakam resides on the shore of Gautami river,

Baidyanath lies on the land of ashes and the Lord of snake lives in the wooden forest.

Lord Rama stays near the sea where it was bridged by him and Lord of Ghushma resides in the abode of Shiva.

If one recites the twelve names in the early morning,

he will get rid of all sins and will get all fruits of his efforts.

Fly & offer puja at Deoghar

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Good news for devotees visiting Baidaynath Dham, Rikhia Ashram and Satsang Ashram in Deoghar district!In the days to come, the faithfuls can fly down to Deoghar from any part of the world as the state government with the help of the Centre is going to build an airport with an estimated cost of around `300 crore in the district.

Every year, around 70 lakh visitors from India and 40 foreign countries visit the three places in Deoghar district. Maximum devotees are attracted to Baidyanath Dham followed by Rikhia Ashram and Satsang Ashram. Most of the tourists, especially from foreign countries, face hardship in reaching the place in absence of air connectivity. The tourists come via Kolkata which is around 375 kilometers from Deoghar. Currently, Deoghar has a small airfield which can handle helicopters and small aircraft only.

Chief minister Arjun Munda said the plan had been approved by the Centre and the construction of an airport would help bring Deoghar in the map of religious tourists circuit.

"The place has good potential and the matter was discussed with deputy chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia last week and he gave his consent (to the project). This will help getting `300 crore from the Centre in addition to the existing state budget," said Munda.

Deputy commissioner of Deoghar M R Meena said the district administration was working on the proposal for quite some time and had identified a plot close to Rikhia Ashram. "The plot will meet the requirement of 4.5km-long and 500 metre wide runway for the airport," said Meena.

The place has minimum habitation and maximum wasteland. "There are around 100 families living in huts and temporary houses. If the airport in constructed at this place, there will be minimum displacement when compared to expansion of a small airport that already exists in the district," said Meena adding that final decision on the site would be taken by the government.

BIT Deoghar

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The Jharkhand Government, willing to spread the academic excellence of BIT further across the state, made a request to the institute to establish an Extension Centre at Deoghar. BIT responded wholeheartedly and subsequently, a MoU was signed between the Institute and the Government of Jharkhand. Thus, the Deoghar Extension Centre of BIT commenced functioning in October 2007 as the eighth of the Institute’s campuses within India offering undergraduate programs in different streams of engineering.

As per the provisions of the MoU the Deoghar Extension Centre offers B.E. programmes in Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Production Engineering. It was also decided that 50% seats would be for students acquiring eligible qualifications from Institutions located in Jharkhand while the remaining 50% would be for students from the other states of the country.

From the academic year 2008-09 the intake at BIT Deoghar has been increased to 270 seats - 60 each in Computer Science, Electronics & Communication Engineering, Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Mechanical Engineering and 30 in Production Engineering. Admission has been through AIEEE 2008, with Central Counselling conducted by the Central Counselling Board.

From the year 2011 Admission process will be made through Institute (BIT) Counselling based on All India Rank in AIEEE

Bholenath Song

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BolBam

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Kanwar Bhajan

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BAIDYANATH DHAM - DEOGHAR

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BAIDYANATH DHAM - DEOGHAR

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Baba Baidyanath Dham Jharkahand

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TOURISM MASTER PLAN FOR HOLY PLACES

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The Ministry of Tourism had commissioned 20-year Perspective Plans for the States/UTs, with the objective of promotion of tourism and development of tourist infrastructure in all areas, including holy/religious places. The Plans, inter-alia, evaluated the existing tourism scenario of the States, identified tourism projects, destinations and circuits along with requirements of infrastructures for their development. Besides evaluating the infrastructural requirement, the Perspective Plans have given an Action Plan for development of tourism in the States in the short and long terms.

S.No.	Name of the project	Amount sanc-tioned
	Bihar
1.	Development of Bodhgaya-Rajgir-Nalanda under the scheme of Tourist Circuit	768.12
2.	Integrated Development of Kanwaria Route Circuit from Sultanganj to Deoghar	443.12
	Jharkhand
3.	Integrated Development of Deoghar(Distt. Deoghar)	417.57
	Orissa
4.	Development of Sakhi Gopal in Distt. Puri under Destination Development scheme	294.04
5.	Integrated Development of Bhubaneswar-Dhauli-Puri-Konark Tourist Circuit	720.09
	Punjab
6.	Integrated Development of Amritsar as Tourist Destination	482.80
	Rajasthan
7.	Integrated Development of Mewar-Vagad Circuit comprising holy places in Udaipur-Rajsamand-Chittorgarh-Banswara-Doongerpur Districts as Tourist Circuit	580.00
8.	Development of Brij Bhoomi Religious Tourist Circuit comprising holy places in Mathura-Vrindavan-Barsana-Jgeel-Kalia Devi, Poonchari, Neelkanth, Bharathrihari in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh.	477.07
9.	Integrated Development of Pushkar as a Tourist Destination	434.04
	Uttaranchal
10.	Integrated Development of Hemkunt Sahib-Ghangharia-Valley of Flowers in District Chamoli as a Tourist Circuit	653.54
11.	Development of Gangotri as a Tourist Destination	481.82
12.	Development of Kedarnath (Distt. Rudraprayag) as a Tourist Destination	453.13
	Uttar Pradesh
13.	Beautification of Kali Vahan Temple at Etawah	46.90
14.	Renovation/Beautification of Chhatries of Goverdhan in Mathura District	58.60
15.	Development of Garh Mukteshwar-Brijghat	256.80
16.	Development of Wayside amenities and beautification around Ghuisarnath Dham, Block Sangipur, Distt. Pratapgarh	258.09
	West Bengal
17.	Redevelopment/Restoration of Kalighat Temple Complex/area at Kolkata (West Bengal) for 21^st Century	500.00
	Kerala
18.	Integrated Development of Pilgrim Tourism Circuit	704.45
	Tamil Nadu
19.	Development of Adi Sankara Tourist Circuit	443.00
20.	Destination Development of Rameshwaram	426.42
21.	Integrated Development of Arupadai Veedugal (Murugan Temple Circuit)	798.97
22.	Chozhanattu Thirupathigal Tourist Circuit	500.00
	Jammu & Kashmir
23.	Integrated Development of Tourists Circuit at Baltal-Holy Cave-Panjtarni-Sheshnag -Pahalgam in J&K	700.00
24.	CFA to the State Govt. of J&K for Development Schemes of Shiv-Khori, Udhampur, J&K under the Destination Development Scheme	411.51
	TOTAL	11310.08

Baba Baidyanath Dham

The temple of Baba Baidyanathdham

Baba Baidyanath Temple, Deoghar

BabaNagari Dwar

Basukinath Temple

Baiju Temple

Ajgaibinath Temple at Sultanganj

Special Puja and Bhog in 2011

Online Puja

The Shiva Purana describes the geographical location of Dwadash Jyotirlingam

Fly & offer puja at Deoghar

BIT Deoghar

Bholenath Song

BolBam

Kanwar Bhajan

BAIDYANATH DHAM - DEOGHAR

BAIDYANATH DHAM - DEOGHAR

Baba Baidyanath Dham Jharkahand

TOURISM MASTER PLAN FOR HOLY PLACES

Jammu & Kashmir