Baba Baidyanath Dham
Deoghar, Jharkhand
Baba Baidyanath Dham in Deoghar, Jharkhand, is recorded by Incredible India as one of the twelve Jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva.
Traditional associations
Health & Wellbeing
Traditionally associated with prayers for health and wellbeing; government tourism material documents the site as Arogya Baidyanathitee and worship of Shiva as Baidyanath in a healing tradition.
Documented by Incredible India — Ministry of Tourism, Government of India.
Alignment reflects tradition and belief — not outcomes or guarantees.
Temple details
- About this temple
The official temple site describes a complex centred on Baba Baidyanath with additional shrines. Incredible India documents the annual Shrawani Mela, when devotees carry Ganga water from Sultanganj to offer at the temple. Government tourism material also records the traditional name Arogya Baidyanathitee. Administration is described on the official site as a five-member committee formed under the Baba Baidyanath Dham–Basukinath Shrine Area Development Authority Act, 2015.
- Deity
Lord Shiva (Baidyanath / Vaidyanath)
- Temple type
Jyotirlinga
- Architectural style
Nagara-style architecture, described by Incredible India as an east-facing structure resembling a blooming lotus
- Established
Incredible India cites historical records suggesting the temple's existence as early as the 8th century AD; the official temple site describes the present structure as about the 12th century
- Festivals
- Shrawani Mela
- Shrawani Puja
- Managed by
Sanchalan evam Prabandhan Upsamati (Baba Baidyanath Dham–Basukinath Shrine Area Development Authority Act, 2015)
Location
Deoghar, Jharkhand, India