Shitala Mata Temple, Patna
Temple · Shitala Mata (also worshipped as Durga) · Patna City, Patna, Bihar
Devotees come to Shitala Mata for protection from and cure of pox diseases, and for the fulfilment of...
The temple stands immediately beside Agam Kuan; it is described as a place of worship of Mata Durga and is called a Shakta pitha. The Saptamatrika pindas are the objects of worship, and the shrine is the focus of the smallpox-healing cult attached to the well.
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- Area
- Patna
- Status
- Coming Soon
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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...
- Badi Patan Devi: Devotees believe the right thigh (and the *pata*, the cloth, from which "Patan" and the city's name are...
Questions pilgrims ask
Why is Shitala Mata Temple important?
The temple stands immediately beside Agam Kuan; it is described as a place of worship of Mata Durga and is called a Shakta pitha. The Saptamatrika pindas are the objects of worship, and the shrine is the focus of the smallpox-healing cult attached to the well.
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