Baijnath Temple, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Baijnath Temple, Kangra, Himachal Pradesh

Baijnath Temple is a Hindu Temple dedicated to Lord Shiva located in a small town of Baijnath located in Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India. The Temple is built in Nagara style. It is dedicated to Lord Shiva as Vaidyanath, ‘the Lord of physicians’. According to the inscriptions on the present day Baijnath temple structure, a temple of Lord Shiva had existed before construction of present-day structure.

Baijnath is originally known as Kiragrama, lies on the Pathankot-Mandi highway (National Highway No. 20) almost midway between Kangra and Mandi. The present name Baijnath became popular after the name of the temple. The village is located on the left bank of the river Binwa, a corrupt form of ancient Binduka, a tributary of river Beas. Another interesting thing about the town of Baijnath is that there are no shops of goldsmiths here.

Legends

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History

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The Temple

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Festivals

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Contact

Baijnath Temple,

Kangra, Himachal Pradesh – 176 125

Phone: +91 1892 222 103 / 224 950 / 263 126

Phone: +91 1894 263 656 / 263 737

Connectivity

The Temple is located at about 700 meters from Baijnath Bus Stand, 1.5 Kms from Baijnath Railway Station, 51 Kms from Dharamshala, 53 Kms from Kangra, 53 Kms from Kangra Railway Station, 55 Kms from Kangra Airport, 119 Kms from Chakki, 129 Kms from Pathankot Railway Station, 130 Kms from Pathankot, 134 Kms from Pathankot Airport, 183 Kms from Manali and 215 Kms from Shimla. Baijnath lies on the Pathankot-Chakki-Manali National Highway No. 20, half way between Kangra and Mandi. Baijnath is very well connected by all-weather roads to Delhi via Chandigarh and to Manali via Mandi.

The nearest railway station is at Kangra, connected to Pathankot through narrow gauge line. There is also available a toy train from Pathankot to Paprola-Baijnath which runs on narrow gauge from Pathankot to Joginder Nagar. And the nearest broad-gauge railway station is located at Pathankot. The nearest Airport is Kangra Airport located at Gaggal. The schedule of Jagson Airlines flights are on every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday & Sunday by route Gaggal-Bhuntar-Delhi. 

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