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Mithila Shakti Peeth, Bihar
Locality/village : Mithila
State : Bihar
Country : India
Nearest City/Town : Janakpur station
Best Season To Visit : All
Languages : Tamil& English
Temple Timings :Temple remains Open from 6 am to 8 pm.
Photography : Not Allowed
Mithila Shakti Peeth, Bihar
One of the 52 legendary Shakti Peethas is located at Mithila (near Janakpur station) Darbhanga on the border of Bihar, India- Nepal. The holy place is dedicated to divine powers “Goddess Durga” are worshipped by a large number of Hindu devotees as “Mahadevi or Uma”. It is believed that Devi Sati’s left shoulder (Vama Skandha) fell here. The idols of goddess Uma Devi and Lord Mahodar are located in a temple on a mountain rock.
The temple which represents a fort is a white colour structure having four minar type towers. There is also a colour fountain in front of the temple which is one of the tourist attractions.
History and Significance
According to the Hindu mythology, it is whispered that Devi Sati’s “Left Shoulder”fell here. The main idols of this legendary divine place are Devi as “Mahadevi or Uma” and Lord Shiva as “Mahodar” (a brave one). The holy place is dedicated to Goddess Durga.
The place is known for the other histories present in the great holy epic Ramayana of Hindus. Since Janakpuri is known as the birth place of Sita Mata (Wife of lord Rama) and her father, the famous king of Janak used to rule this region. The people have a wrong conception of believing the Janki madir as the popular Shakti peeth. An ancient Shakti temple at this place is also known as Sona mai mandir. Mithilachal is also known as Durgasthan or the place for Devi Bhagavati.
Temple Festivals
Ram Navami is celebrated with great enthusiasm. Janaki Navami on Vaishaka Shukla Navami (during May) is another festival celebrated with great pomp as Mithila is the birth place of Sita Devi. Krishna Janmashtami also celebrated with great devotion and faith.
Some of the other festival being celebrated here are Saraswati Puja, Navaratri, Durga Puja, Kali Puja, Diwali, Karthik Purnima, Akshaya Navami, Shivarathri, Holi, Nag panchami, Raksha bandhan and Madhu Shravani.
Temple Pooja Daily Schedule
Temple remains Open from 6 am to 8 pm.
How to reach
The rail road connectivity to Janakpur which is the nearest railway station is good. The temple is well connected by bus from Darbhanga. Nearest airport is Patna (Capital of Bihar), and provision of both national and international flight is there in this airport.
Mithila Shakti Peeth, Bihar
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A true legendary temple located at Mithila where in the divine power of the Goddess Durga reaches out to a million devotees who come there almost every day. It is truly one of the historic marvels we cane be really proud of . There are several other monuments near this temple like the Janki temple and they also have a Jankapur Women’s Development Center where in they display a lot of art works and handicraft works.
We were lucky to be there during Ram Navami and the people over there celebrated the festival with so much zeal and zest. The temple was open throughout the day and was very well decorated. Even the colour fountain in front of the temple only added more beauty to this colourful festival. Though it was quite crowded we surely did have a great time.
Since the temple is quite close to the Janakpura railway station it was very convenient for us to visit this temple. A very simple white colored temple with 4 minars. Maa durga is considered as the main deity here. After visiting this temple we also made it a point to visit the near by temples and other monuments. It is a very nice historic destination and very calm and peaceful too.
We are staunch believers of Goddess Durga and this time when we visited Nepal ,we visited the Mithila Shakthi Peet. It is said that the devi’s left shoulder fell here . The temple remained open for a long time and was very calm . We got a very good darshan and did a special puja for the entire family. The pujari was also very kind
Jai Matha Di!!!
please correct your information. janaki temple is in Nepal not in bihar . you can check google and another sources. Its our pride dont take our Maa sakti from us.🙂 jay Nepal 🇳🇵 jay sambho jay aadhisakti 🙂
little knowledge is dangerous so mind it ..
jay pashupatinath🙂
Please make correction. Mithila lies in Nepal not in India.
Janakpur is in nepal and nearest airport is Janakpur Airport, Nepal