Baijnath is a town in the

Kangra district Kangra district is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district. History Kangra is known for having one of the oldest serving Royal Dynasty in the world, the Katoch of ...

Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh (; Sanskrit: ''himācāl prādes;'' "Snow-laden Mountain Province") is a States and union territories of India, state in the northern part of India. Situated in the Western Himalayas, it is one of the thirteen Indian Himalayan ...

, India. It is about 50 kilometers from district headquarters,

Dharamshala Dharamshala (, ; also spelled Dharamsala) is a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. It serves as the winter capital of the state and the administrative headquarters of the Kangra district since 1855. The town also hosts the Tibeta ...

. A

Hindu temple A Hindu temple, also known as Mandir, Devasthanam, Pura, or Kovil, is a sacred place where Hindus worship and show their devotion to Hindu deities, deities through worship, sacrifice, and prayers. It is considered the house of the god to who ...

Lord Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the principal deities of Hinduism. He is the Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions within Hinduism. Shiva is known as ''The Destroyer' ...

(Baijnath) is situated there giving the town its name.

Geography

Baijnath is a small township in the Dhauladhar range of the

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, 16 km from

Palampur Palampur is a hill station and a municipal corporation situated in the Kangra District in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Palampur is served by the Palampur Himachal railway station (PLMX), situated in Maranda, approximately 2 kilometer ...

Kangra District Kangra district is the most populous district of Himachal Pradesh, India. Dharamshala is the administrative headquarters of the district. History Kangra is known for having one of the oldest serving Royal Dynasty in the world, the Katoch of ...

. It is also near

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. Other neighbouring towns are Paprola, Kangra (51 km) and

Joginder Nagar Jogindernagar, or Jogindar Nagar (), is a municipality, and a sub district in Mandi district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Named after Raja Joginder Sen, the hill station is the terminus of the Kangra Valley narrow-gauge railway. Jog ...

. Rajiv Gandhi Government Post Graduate Ayurvedic College, Paprola is a government Ayurvedic medical college located in Paprola,

, Himachal Pradesh. The college is situated on National Highway 20, approximately 2 kilometers from the historic

Baijnath Temple Baijnath Temple (Devanagari: बैजनाथ मंदिर) is a Nagara style Hindu temple situated in a small town of Baijnath located in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India, and was built in 1204 AD by two local merchants named Ahuk ...

Baijnath Temple

The main attraction of Baijnath is

, a temple of

Other temples

Other shrines included Mukut Nath temple at Sansal (6 km), Awahi Nag temple (1.5 km), and Mahankal Temple (5 km) at Mahankal. Tibetan monasteries are located at Sherabling (Bhattu) (5 km), Chauntra and Chowgan. File:Panoramic view of Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 07.jpg, Panoramic view of Shiva Temple of Baijnath File:Panoramic view of Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 08.jpg, Panoramic view of Shiva Temple of Baijnath File:Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 02.jpg, File:Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 03.jpg, File:Sacrad bell ( Tall) at entrance of Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 09.jpg, Sacrad bell (Tall) File:Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 10.jpg, File:Inner view of roof of Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 11.jpg, Inner view File:Shiva Temple of Baijnath ,Himachal Pradesh ,India 15.jpg, Outer view of Architect of Shiva temple

References

External links

Shiv Temple, Baijnath
{{Kangra district Cities and towns in Kangra district Tourism in Himachal Pradesh Hindu pilgrimage sites in India