Baba Basukinath Dham Mandir Deoghar Jharkhand

Basukinath Dham is a famous Hindu holy shrine in India. It is one of the most renowned temples in Bihar, Jharkhand. Pilgrims come to spend their time peacefully and religiously.

Basukinath mandir is in the Dumka district of Jharkhand and on the Deoghar-Dumka state highway.

Deoghar Baba Basukinath Mandir History

The place is famous for the Basukinath Temple, which is another name for Lord Shiva. Every year, millions of pilgrims come from different parts of the country to worship Lord Basukinath.

The pilgrimage’s crowds massively increased in the month of Shravan. This month, local devotees and national and international tourists also joined this festival in the Jharkhand district.

In the Basukinath mandir, the temples of Lord Shiva and Parvati are placed in front of each other as Baidyanath Dham. The gates of both temples are open in the evening.

It is believed that Shiva and Mata Parvati met this time. Therefore, devotees are asked to step out of the temple’s front door. Other temples are also dedicated to various shrines and deities on the premises.

The temple priest and devotees believe that Baba Basukinath’s “Jalabhishek” is a holy ritual from ancient times. Therefore, if this ceremony is not done in Baba Basukinath mandir, the worship of the Baidyanath Temple in Deoghar remains incomplete.

Shravani Mela in Basukinath Dham 

Shravan is Lord Shiva’s birth month. According to the English calendar, it falls between July and August.

This month, a grand fair called Shravani Mela happens every year. During this month, devotees come from all over the country to purify water on Shivalinga, perform puja, and celebrate Shravani Mela.

During this festival, devotees collected the holy Ganges water from Sultanganj. This holy water is an offering to Lord Shiva and is poured on the Shivalinga. Sultanganj is in the Bhagalpur district of Bihar, 135 km away from Basukinath Dham.

During this season, people dressed in saffron-coloured clothes and offered holy water to the deity along the entire route from Bhagalpur to Basukinath.

Ram Janaki Vivah Utsav at Basukinath mandir

Ram Janaki Vivah Festival is celebrated yearly at Basukinath Temple on Vivah Panchami. Biva Panchami is a Hindu festival celebrating the marriage of Rama and Sita.

According to the English calendar, it’s celebrated on the fifth day of the Shukla Paksha, which runs from November to December. The day is a festival of Sita and Rama’s Vivah in the temples.

The late Pandit Nainal Jha, the chief pilgrim Purohit in Baba Basukinath Dham, started the “Ram Janaki Vivah festival” in Basukinath and celebrated it enthusiastically.

He used to call it a “Palki Utsav,” with elephants and horses in the procession. Now, his son, Pandit Tara Kant Jha, is carrying it forward.

Basukinath Temple Timings

The Basukinath mandir opening timings of darshan for the devotees start from:-

• In the morning, from 3:00 am to 4:00 pm
• At night – Sunset to 8:00 pm

Basukinath Temple is open for darshan on:-

• Mondays 
• Full moon nights or Poornima
• The entire month of Shravan 

Here, you can watch the Elephant Procession during Shivaratri.

How to reach Basukinath Dham

The distance from Deoghar to Basukinath Dham is about 44 kilometres by roadway. It takes approximately 1 hour by car.

Deoghar to Basukinath railway station is about 45 kilometres away and takes 1 hour to reach. It is on the Jasidih-Dumka Railway line.

Basukinath Dham – How we visit

We planned a five-day trip from Madhupur to Deoghar. First, we reached Madhupur and stayed there for two nights. We then visited Pathrol Kali Mandir, Khandoli Dams and Khandoli Tourism Park, and Usri Falls, Giridih, Jharkhand, in Madhupur.

We checked out of the hotel the following day and reached Deoghar by local train in half an hour. After that, we planned not to go to the hotel first. Because our hotel has 24-hour check-in / check-out facilities, we wanted to take advantage of staying one more full day in the hotel, so we checked in in the evening.  

First, we visited Baba Basukinath mandir and checked into the hotel. As planned, we kept our luggage in the railway clock room and then went to the Basukinath mandir.

It is 45 kilometres and a one-hour journey by train from Jasidih / Deoghar. Local trains depart from Deoghar station every day for Basukinath Dham. You can also book a car for this journey.

We returned by train from Basukinath Dham in the evening and reached Deoghar. We collect our luggage from the cloakroom and check into the hotel. In our Deoghar tour the next day, we visited:-