Kusheshwar Asthan
Temple · Shiva, as Kusheshwar Nath · Kusheshwar Asthan, Darbhanga, Bihar
It is the leading Shaiva shrine of the Darbhanga countryside, called the Baba Dham of Mithila, and...
The Baba Kusheshwar Nath temple, standing at the confluence of three rivers, with a sacred well called Chandrakup in the complex. The district administration traces the shrine to the epic period. The surrounding wetland of 7,019 acres is a bird sanctuary.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Darbhanga
Festivals
- Shrawan Mela, through the month of Shravan (Jul–Aug)
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
- Ahalya Sthan: This is the place where, in the Ramayana, Ahalya was released from her curse and rose from the stone at...
- 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 Kusheshwar Asthan important?
The Baba Kusheshwar Nath temple, standing at the confluence of three rivers, with a sacred well called Chandrakup in the complex. The district administration traces the shrine to the epic period. The surrounding wetland of 7,019 acres is a bird sanctuary.
Which festivals are celebrated at Kusheshwar Asthan?
Shrawan Mela, through the month of Shravan (Jul–Aug).
Can Tirtham plan a yatra to Kusheshwar Asthan?
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