Badi Patan Devi
Temple · Sati / Durga, worshipped as Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati, with Bhaira · Patna City, Patna, Bihar
Devotees believe the right thigh (and the *pata*, the cloth, from which "Patan" and the city's name are...
Counted among the 51 Siddha Shakta pithas. The sanctum, about 8 ft by 8 ft, holds black stone standing images of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati on an ornate throne, dressed in sari and crown, with Bhairav. There is a large havan kund, 4-5 feet deep, in which devotees offer flowers and sindoor through the day. The temple faces north toward the Ganga.
Plan your visit
- Best season
- September to April" (Bihar Tourism)
- Area
- Patna
Festivals
- Durga Puja / Navratri (September–October), with a mela on Saptami, Ashtami and Navami
Yatras that include Badi Patan Devi
- Shakti Yatra: Patna City. One of the two Devi temples the city's name is drawn from.
Tirtham can arrange here
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...
- Choti Patan Devi: It is the second of the two Patan Devi shrines associated with the fall of Sati's remains at Magadha
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Badi Patan Devi important?
Counted among the 51 Siddha Shakta pithas. The sanctum, about 8 ft by 8 ft, holds black stone standing images of Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasaraswati on an ornate throne, dressed in sari and crown, with Bhairav. There is a large havan kund, 4-5 feet deep, in which devotees offer flowers and sindoor through the day. The temple faces north toward the Ganga.
When is the best time to visit Badi Patan Devi?
September to April" (Bihar Tourism).
Which festivals are celebrated at Badi Patan Devi?
Durga Puja / Navratri (September–October), with a mela on Saptami, Ashtami and Navami.
Can Tirtham plan a yatra to Badi Patan Devi?
Yes. Tell us how long you have and who is going, and Tirtham plans the days, the guide, the car and the stay.
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