Ahalya Sthan
Temple · Ahalya, wife of the sage Gautama; Rama and Janaki · Ahiyari / Kamtaul, Darbhanga, Bihar
This is the place where, in the Ramayana, Ahalya was released from her curse and rose from the stone at...
A temple built between 1662 and 1682 under Maharaja Chhatra Singh and Maharaja Rudra Singh, on the spot held to be the ashram of Maharishi Gautama. Wikipedia describes it as the first Ram-Janaki temple in India. Brahmpur, 8 km from Kamtaul, has the Gautam Kund tank and a Gautam Rishi temple connected to the same cycle of legend.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Darbhanga
- Status
- Coming Soon
Festivals
- Annual fairs at Ramnavami (Mar–Apr) and Vivah Panchami (Nov–Dec)
Yatras that include Ahalya Sthan
- Ramayan Yatra: Ahiyari, where Ram's footfall is said to have returned Ahalya to herself.
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Darbhanga
Also around Darbhanga
- Madhubani painting: Mithila's wall and floor painting, taken onto paper in the 1960s and GI-registered in 2007; the villages still paint.
- Sikki grass work: Golden marsh grass coiled into boxes and figures that Mithila brides still carry to their new homes; GI-registered.
- Mithila makhana: The fox nut Bihar grows for almost all of India, one of Mithila's three emblems with paan and fish; GI-registered in 2022.
- Sama Chakeva: Mithila's festival of brothers and sisters, with clay birds, songs at night and the winter birds arriving.
- The Darbhanga Raj museums: Two free museums of the Darbhanga Raj, one of India's richest estates, in the city it built.
- Dahi chura on Makar Sankranti: The Makar Sankranti breakfast across Bihar: flattened rice, curd and jaggery, with tilkut after.
Nearby places
- Kusheshwar Asthan: It is the leading Shaiva shrine of the Darbhanga countryside, called the Baba Dham of Mithila, and...
- Shyama Mai Temple: It is the principal Shakta temple of Darbhanga city and a major site for mundan and other sanskars
- Manokamna Temple: Devotees come to make wishes (manokamna) before the Hanuman image
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Ahalya Sthan important?
A temple built between 1662 and 1682 under Maharaja Chhatra Singh and Maharaja Rudra Singh, on the spot held to be the ashram of Maharishi Gautama. Wikipedia describes it as the first Ram-Janaki temple in India. Brahmpur, 8 km from Kamtaul, has the Gautam Kund tank and a Gautam Rishi temple connected to the same cycle of legend.
Which festivals are celebrated at Ahalya Sthan?
Annual fairs at Ramnavami (Mar–Apr) and Vivah Panchami (Nov–Dec).
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