Agam Kuan
Sacred pool · Shitala Devi and the Saptamatrikas (at the adjoining temple) · Patna, Bihar
The well and the adjoining goddess are revered for curing smallpox and chickenpox; people throw coins...
An ancient brick-and-wooden-ringed well about 105 feet deep and 4.5 m across, associated with Ashoka, covered by a structure with eight arched windows. Immediately adjacent is the Shitala Devi temple, where the pindas of the Saptamatrikas (seven mother goddesses) are worshipped, with sculptures of ancient and medieval date.
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- Area
- Patna
Yatras that include Agam Kuan
- Mauryan and Ashokan Bihar: Patna. A well said to be Mauryan, still open, beside a Shitala temple.
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Guide, car and stay around Patna
Also around Patna
- Bihar Museum: The state's own account of itself, from the Didarganj Yakshi to the present, in one building on Nehru Path.
- Golghar, the granary on the Ganga: A British granary of 1786 built after the famine of 1770, and the widest view of the Ganga at Patna from its top.
- Khuda Bakhsh Oriental Library: One of India's great manuscript libraries, open to the public since 1891, with a Quran 2.5 mm wide.
- Ganga aarti at Gandhi Ghat: The evening aarti on the Ganga that the Bihar government holds at Patna every weekend.
- Litti chokha: The dish people mean when they say Bihari food.
- Maner laddu: The laddu Bihar Tourism names as the finest in the state, from the town of the Maner Sharif dargah.
Nearby places
- Mahavir Mandir, Patna: Patna's beloved Hanuman temple
- Takht Sri Patna Sahib: Birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh Ji
- Gurdwara Gobind Ghat: It commemorates the incident in which Gobind Rai threw his gold bangle (kangan) into the Ganga as a...
- Gurdwara Guru ka Bagh: It marks the spot where Guru Tegh Bahadur first alighted on his return, and where he met his son Guru...
- Gurdwara Bal Lila Maini Sangat: Pilgrims come for the childhood association with Guru Gobind Singh, and receive boiled salted gram as...
- Gurudwara Handi Sahib: To honour the handi of khichri offered to the child Guru; a distinctive evening prayer here recalls his...
- Gurdwara Gai Ghat: It commemorates Guru Nanak's stay in Patna and is part of the Bihar government's "Guru Circuit" of Sikh...
- Badi Patan Devi: Devotees believe the right thigh (and the *pata*, the cloth, from which "Patan" and the city's name are...
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Agam Kuan important?
An ancient brick-and-wooden-ringed well about 105 feet deep and 4.5 m across, associated with Ashoka, covered by a structure with eight arched windows. Immediately adjacent is the Shitala Devi temple, where the pindas of the Saptamatrikas (seven mother goddesses) are worshipped, with sculptures of ancient and medieval date.
Can Tirtham plan a yatra to Agam Kuan?
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