Mahavir Mandir, Patna one of the holiest

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s dedicated to Lord

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, located in

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, India. Millions of pilgrims visit the temple every year.

Acharya Kishore Kunal Kishore Kunal (born 1950) is a former officer of the Indian Police Service from the state of Bihar, India. During his police career, he was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (Ayodhya) by the prime minister V. P. Singh to mediate between t ...

is the secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Temple Trust, Patna.

History

As per the

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judgment in 1948 the temple exists since time immemorial. This temple gained popularity in 1947 with large number of Hindu refugees coming to

Patna Patna ( ), historically known as Pataliputra, is the capital and largest city of the state of Bihar in India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Patna had a population of 2.35 million, making it the 19th largest city in India. ...

after the

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. Subsequently, temple was rebuilt as a concrete house at same time. Even this was broken down in 1987 to make a huge marble temple. The idol of Sankat-Mochan stands in it.

Visits

Long winding queues can be seen at the temple on Saturdays and Tuesdays, the traditional worshiping days of

Lord Hanuman Hanuman (; sa, हनुमान, ), also called Anjaneya (), is a Hindu god and a divine ''vanara'' companion of the god Rama. Hanuman is one of the central characters of the Hindu epic ''Ramayana''. He is an ardent devotee of Rama and one ...

. Thousands of people visit Mahavir Mandir on every

Ram Navami Rama Navami () is a Hindu festival that celebrates the birthday of Rama, the seventh avatar of the deity Vishnu. people from different parts of Jharkhand attended the world famous international Hazaribagh procession organized in the city every ...

and New Year celebration. On every

waiting queues grow up to some kilometer long.

Dalit Priest

Since 13 June 1993, Suryavanshi Das, a person from dalit community, became priest of the temple, the decision taken received support from three well known priests—Ramchandra Paramahans, Mahant Avaidyanath of Baba Gorakhnath Dham and Mahant Avadh Kishore Das.

Ram Rasoi

Arrangements for free food have been made to the devotees who visit Ramlala at Ram Rasoi. Acharya Kishore Kunal, secretary of the Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti, started it on Sunday 1 December 2019. This free food facility functions in the Amava temple just outside the temple of Ramlala, at Amawa Mandir Complex, Ramkot, Ayodhya-224123. Devotees who visit Ramlala at Ram Rasoi get free food between 11:30 am till 3:00 pm every day.
For this, 60 quintals of Govind Bhog shear rice have been sent to Ayodhya. This rice has been sourced from Mokri village in Kaimur (Bihar). The services of Shri Ram's kitchen and Shri Ramlala's bhog will function continuously. There is arrangement of feeding one thousand people daily in the initial phase. After this, based on the increasing number of Ramlala's devotees, food will be arranged for more and more people. The increasing popularity of Ram Rasoi can be seen in the expenses visible in the annual reports.

Sita Rasoi

Free Sita Rasoi is being operated by Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti at Punaura Dham in Sitamadhi district of Bihar. This is the first temple in the country, which is successfully running Sita-Rasoi in Sitamadi, the birthplace of Mata Sita. All the pilgrims are provided free food here. Free of cost Sita Rasoi has been functioning since 27 January 2019 on behalf of Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti. This day coincided with the birth anniversary of Swami Ramanandacharya in the year 2019. Devotees who visit Mata Janaki's birth-place are provided with free meals (lunch and dinner both) here. Sita Rasoi was postponed from March 22 due to COVID-19 Lockdown. It reopened on 2 February 2021 which was again the birth anniversary of Swami Ramanandacharya in 2021.

Philanthropic work by Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti

Mahavir Mandir Trust is named ''Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti''(''श्री महावीर स्थान न्यास समिति''). Headed by Acharya

Kishore Kunal Kishore Kunal (born 1950) is a former officer of the Indian Police Service from the state of Bihar, India. During his police career, he was appointed as the Officer on Special Duty (Ayodhya) by the prime minister V. P. Singh to mediate between th ...

, the trust monitors working and development of

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. The

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uses the temple fund to run human welfare organizations and hospitals like Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre, Mahavir Vaatsalya Hospital and Mahavir Arogya Hospital and other several hospitals and orphanage in the agricultural and rural state of

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. The Mahavir Mandir

have the second highest budget in

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after the famous Maa

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shrine.

Dharmayan (Magazine)

The temple started the publication of "Dharmayan", a magazine focusing on culture, religion and nationality in 1990. Since then the magazine has continuously been in publication. They recently celebrated a Diamond Jublee with the publication of its 100th issue. Dignitaries like Acharya Sitaram Chaturvedi, Sahitya Vachaspati Shriranjan Suridev, Dr. Kashinath Mishra have been associated with this esteemed magazine. Currently Acharya Kishore Kunal graces the position of Chief Editor and it is being edited by Pandit Bhavanath Jha. File:Mahavir Mandir,Patna.jpg, Mahavir Mandir, Patna File:Mahavir Mandir Front Gate and Shoe Stand.jpg, Mahavir Mandir front gate and shoe stand

References

External links

* Mahavir Mandir published an ebook on Ayodhya debate written by Acharya Kishore Kunal that was at this lin
www.mahavirmandirpatna.org/prakashan/ebook/bookindex.html

Mahavir Mandir Patna official website

http://mahavirmandir.com/

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