Place · Jyotirlinga pilgrimage town · India
Deoghar
Also known as Baidyanath Dham, Deogarh town
Deoghar ('place of the gods') in Santhal Pargana, Jharkhand — the pilgrimage town built around the Baidyanāth Jyotirlinga, one of the twelve Śiva jyotirlingas and also one of the fifty-one Śakti pīṭhas (the heart of Sati is said to have fallen here). The month of Śrāvaṇa draws over ten million kānwariyas from across north India who carry Gaṅgā-jāl from Sultanganj on the Ganga and walk 108 km barefoot to pour it over the lingam. The town also houses the Satsang Ashram of Sri Sri Thakur Anukulchandra, Nandan Pahar hill, Harilajori, and Tapovan. Also written Deoghar; distinct from Deogarh in Lalitpur district, UP (the Gupta Daśāvatāra temple site).
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 24.485, 86.695
Connections (3)
- Site withinDeoghar Baidyanāth
Baidyanāth Jyotirlinga, one of the twelve Śiva jyotirlingas and simultaneously one of the fifty-one Śakti pīṭhas, is the central shrine around which the pilgrimage town of Deoghar grew. The Śrāvaṇa kānwar yatra draws ten million pilgrims a year who walk 108 kilometres barefoot from Sultanganj on the Ganga to pour the river-water over the lingam here.
- Site withinNandan Pahar, Deoghar
Nandan Pahar is a hill on the northern edge of Deoghar town.
- Site withinSatsang Ashram, Deoghar
The Satsang Ashram sits in the southern part of Deoghar.
Sources
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