Sakta (Amman) · Ramgarh, Kaimur, Bihar
Mundeshwari Devi Temple
Mundeshwari Devi with a four-faced Siva linga, in an octagonal stone shrine
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The temple in short
- Deity
- Mundeshwari Devi with a four-faced Siva linga, in an octagonal stone shrine
- Where
- Ramgarh, Kaimur, Bihar · 24.98N 83.56E
- 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
- Rahu Sani
- Visited for
- Held by many to be among the oldest temples in the country still in worship, on a hill above Bhabua, where a goat offered to the Devi is released rather than killed.
Where it is
Others within reach
Nearest first, by straight-line distance
- Sankat Mochan Hanuman Temple, Varanasi 66.4 km · Vaishnava
- Kashi Vishwanath Jyotirlinga, Varanasi 66.4 km · Saiva
- Vishalakshi Temple, Mir Ghat, Varanasi 66.4 km · Sakta (Amman)
- Kaal Bhairav Temple, Varanasi 67.9 km · Saiva
- Vindhyavasini Devi Temple 108.4 km · Sakta (Amman)
- Mangala Gauri Temple, Gaya 147 km · Sakta (Amman)
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