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An illustration of a north Indian shikhara, standing for Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh

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Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh

Baba Balak Nath in the Deotsidh cave, offered rot of flour and jaggery

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Deity
Baba Balak Nath in the Deotsidh cave, offered rot of flour and jaggery
Where
Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh · 31.45N 76.54E
Usual hours
5 am – 1 pm, 4 pm – 9 pm — hours change with festivals and the season; check before travelling. Were these right when you went?
Grahas
Sani Sevvai
Visited for
A Siddha of the Nath line whose cave above the Sutlej draws lakhs; women worship from the terrace below rather than enter. Sundays and the Chaitra mela are its days.
Kept for Mars and Saturn, 2 of the nine grahas a temple can be visited for.
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Baba Balak Nath Temple, Deotsidh, Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. The dot is the town, to about a kilometre — the gazetteer does not hold the gopuram's own coordinates.

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Parihaaram is traditional practice, offered for devotion and peace of mind; it is not a guaranteed cure of any condition. Temple hours change with festivals and the season, so check before travelling.