Rajnagar Kali Mandir
Temple · Kali · Rajnagar, Madhubani, Bihar
It is the surviving living shrine of the ruined Rajnagar palace complex and the main Kali temple of the...
A Kali temple of white marble and elephant ivory inside the Rajnagar Palace complex, holding several images of the goddess. Built in the reign of Maharajadhiraja Rameshwar Singh. The white marble is why it is nicknamed the Taj Mahal of Mithila.
Plan your visit
- Area
- Madhubani
Yatras that include Rajnagar Kali Mandir
- Shakti Yatra: Darbhanga's ruined palace complex, with a Kali temple still in worship.
Experiences here
- Learn Madhubani painting: A wall painting done by women in Mithila for centuries, now a hundred-crore trade
Tirtham can arrange here
Guide, car and stay around Madhubani
Also around Madhubani
- 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.
- Saurath Sabha: A marriage assembly of Maithil families held in an orchard for about 700 years, where genealogists check seven generations before a match is agreed.
- Sama Chakeva: Mithila's festival of brothers and sisters, with clay birds, songs at night and the winter birds arriving.
- Dahi chura on Makar Sankranti: The Makar Sankranti breakfast across Bihar: flattened rice, curd and jaggery, with tilkut after.
Nearby places
- Uchchaith Bhagwati Temple: This is the temple of the Kalidasa legend - the goddess is said to have appeared to the dull student...
- Kapileshwar Nath Temple: In the month of Shravan people come from across Bihar for jalabhishek of the Shivling here
- Saurath Sabha Gachhi: Thousands of Maithil Brahmins gather for arranged-marriage matching, and pilgrims worship at the...
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Rajnagar Kali Mandir important?
A Kali temple of white marble and elephant ivory inside the Rajnagar Palace complex, holding several images of the goddess. Built in the reign of Maharajadhiraja Rameshwar Singh. The white marble is why it is nicknamed the Taj Mahal of Mithila.
Can Tirtham plan a yatra to Rajnagar Kali Mandir?
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