Baidyanath, Deoghar, Jharkhand

Blooming white like the lotus, under the canopy of the blue sky, the Baidyanath Jyotirlinga is the home of Lord Shiva and is believed to have been built by the heavenly architect Vishwakarma. The 72 feet high temple exudes serenity and sits around the legend that Ravana – the demon worshipped Shiva at the site of the temple. The main ‘lingam’ is 5 inches tall and is broken from the top. However, the temple complex is home to many other shrines, a prominent one being the one of Parvati, Shiva’s wife, which is tied by red coloured threads to Shiva’s temple, representing the sacred unity of Shiva-Shakti.

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