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[[File:Ahalya Sthan Mandir.jpg|thumb|left|Ahalya Sthan Mandir, Gautam Ashram]]<br />
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[[File:Devi Ahalya Shila Roop.jpg|thumb|right|Devi Ahalya in Her Cursed Stone Form]]<br />
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[[File:Shree Ram Janki Mandir.jpg|thumb|Bharat's First Shri Ram Janaki Mandir, Ahilya Sthan, Kamtaul, Bihar]]<br />
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[[File:Lord Rama and Devi Ahalya.jpg|thumb|left|Statue of Devi Ahalya, Shree Ram, Shree Laxman, Maharshi Gautam, Maharshi Vishwamitra]]<br />
'''Ahalya Sthan''' (also called '''Ahilya Sthan''' or '''Ahilya Asthan''') is a [[Hindu temple]] located in Ward 11 of '''Kamtaul''' City in the [[Darbhanga|Darbhanga District]], [[Bihar|State of Bihar]], [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indiasthan.com/place/bihar/36919/ahalya-sthan|title=Ahalya Sthan|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220215015559/https://indiasthan.com/place/bihar/36919/ahalya-sthan|archivedate=15 February 2022}}</ref> The temple is dedicated to [[Ahalya]].<ref>{{cite web |year=2022 |title=Tourist Spots in Darbhanga: Ahilya Asthan |url=https://darbhanga.nic.in/places-of-interest/ |access-date=22 May 2022 |work=Official Site of Darbhanga District |publisher=[[National Informatics Centre]], District Unit Darbhanga}}</ref><br />
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== Legend ==<br />
{{Related|[[Rama's Journey in Mithila]]}}<br />
According to [[Ramayana]], [[Rama]] and [[Lakshmana]] went to forest with [[Brahmarshi]] [[Vishvamitra]] to protect his [[Yajna|yagna]]. On [[Rama's Journey in Mithila|their way]], they came across a deserted place called as [[Gautam Ashram]]. When Rama inquired about the place, Visvamitra related the story of Sati [[Ahalya]], wife of [[Gautama Maharishi]]. The Maharishi used to do penance by staying here with his wife. One day when Gautama Rishi had gone out of the [[Gautam Ashram|ashram]], in his absence, [[Indra]] came in disguised as Gautama Rishi. Ahalya, without knowing the real identity of the person, succumbed to Indra's desire. Gautam Maharishi came to know this and cursed his wife to lie as a stone in this place. When she pleaded, the maharishi said, when Rama visits this place, you will return to your normal self.<br />
Visvamitra told Rama to go into the ashram. As soon as Rama's radiance brightened the place, Ahalya stood up with her own body and prayed to Rama. Ahalya being the wife of Maharishi, Rama and Lakshmana paid their obeisance to her.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Jaynagar/place/p/8102253/Ahalya+Sthan|title=Ahalya Sthan - Hindu temple in Jaynagar, India|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220215021319/https://www.top-rated.online/cities/Jaynagar/place/p/8102253/Ahalya+Sthan|archivedate=15 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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== The temple ==<br />
Ahalya Sthan is the place where once the [[Gautam Ashram|ashram of Maharishi Gautama]] stood. The temple, in its present structural form was built between 1662 and 1682 during the rule of Maharaja Chhatra Singh and Maharaja Rudra Singh. This is also the first Ram Janaki temple in India.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pilgrimaide.com/temples/ahilya-asthan|title=Ahilya Asthan|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20220215022052/https://www.pilgrimaide.com/temples/ahilya-asthan|archivedate=15 February 2022}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
*{{youTube|RJkTdGUeYmo|Ahilya Sthan}} (Narration in Hindi)<br />
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[[Category:Rama temples]]<br />
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