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 Deoghar,
(the House of the God), situated in the Santhal Parganas of Jharkhand,
is a popular health resort and an important center of Hindu pilgrimage,
having the ancient temple of Baba Baidyanath - one of the twelve
Jyotirlingas in India. For centuries, devotees of Lord Shiva, in the
month of Shravan. undertake a rigorous 100-km pilgrimage on foot from
Ajgaibinath (Sultanganj) to offer Holy Water to Baba Baidyanath. The
pilgrimage is deemed complete with the homage paid at Basukinath, 43 km
from Deoghar.
General Information
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Temperature (Max./Min.) Deg C: Summer
- 36.9/23 Winter -27.7/7.4.
- Best
Season: October to February
- Languages
Spoken: Hindi, Bengali and English.
- Clothing:
Summer - Cotton/Tropical, Winter - Light Woolens.
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