Also known as Baba Dham, Baidyanath Dham and by various other names, Deoghar is home toone of the holiest Hindu places. Travel to this district town in Jharkhand and you will be confronted by a symbol of Hindu India in the spiritually important Baidyanath Dham Temple, the number-one attraction of this place that draws large number of pilgrims daily. The temple is one of the Dwadasa Jyotirlinga shrines or the 12 shrines enshrining Shiva in the form of a Jyotirlingam in the country.
The Dwadasa Jyotirlinga shrines have been revered since time immemorial in the
Indian system of beliefs. The southernmost of these shrines is located at
Rameswaram, while the northernmost is located in the Himalayas at Kedarnath in
Uttrakhand. Closely linked with legends from the Puranas (the sacred texts of
Hinduism) these temples are rich in history and tradition.
Baidyanath Dham becomes one of India’s busiest pilgrimage
sites during the month of Shravan, the fifth month of Hindu calendar.
Deoghar is also one of the 52 Shakti Pitha shrines of Sati.
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