Kastaharni Ghat
Ghat · Rama; shrines established by the sage Mudgal Muni · Munger, Bihar
The name means "the bathing place which expels all pains"; pilgrims bathe here believing it relieves...
A bathing ghat on the eastern bank of the Ganga at Munger, managed by the Sri Jagannatha Temple Trust. The Ganga flows northward here - Uttarvahini Ganga - which raises its standing. Shrines were established at the spot by the sage Mudgal Muni in the sixth century CE. Manpathar, a rock in the river bed, lies very close by.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Munger
Yatras that include Kastaharni Ghat
- Sun Temple Yatra: Munger, where Ram is said to have bathed, and where Chhath fills the bank.
Experiences here
- Yoga at Munger: The school that sent Indian yoga to the world, on the bank of the Ganga
- Chhath on the ghats: Bihar's own festival, and the largest thing that happens here
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Munger
Also around Munger
- Manjusha art of Bhagalpur: The only Indian folk painting told as a strip, in three colours, of the Bihula-Bishahari legend; GI-registered in 2021.
- Bhagalpur silk: The tussar silk of the Silk City, GI-registered in 2013.
- Jardalu mango: Bhagalpur's pale, fragrant mango, sent every year to the President; GI-registered in 2018.
- Katarni rice and chura: The fragrant rice of the Munger-Bhagalpur plain, GI-registered in 2018, best known here as beaten rice.
- Dahi chura on Makar Sankranti: The Makar Sankranti breakfast across Bihar: flattened rice, curd and jaggery, with tilkut after.
- Thekua, the Chhath prasad: The moulded wheat-and-jaggery biscuit every Bihari home fries for Chhath.
Nearby places
- Chandika Sthan: For darshan at a Shakti Peetha, and specifically for vows about eye ailments
- Pir Shah Nafah Shrine: The Pir is regarded as the protector of the town and the shrine as a place of wish fulfilment; both...
- Gurdwara Pakki Sangat, Munger: Guru Tegh Bahadur stayed here on his journey east to Assam, and it was at Munger that he received news...
- Munger Fort: It is the enclosure for Munger's principal Muslim shrine and the anchor of the town's pilgrim circuit
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Kastaharni Ghat important?
A bathing ghat on the eastern bank of the Ganga at Munger, managed by the Sri Jagannatha Temple Trust. The Ganga flows northward here - Uttarvahini Ganga - which raises its standing. Shrines were established at the spot by the sage Mudgal Muni in the sixth century CE. Manpathar, a rock in the river bed, lies very close by.
Can Tirtham plan a yatra to Kastaharni Ghat?
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