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{{Infobox Mandir
| name = Bindudham
| image = BinduwasiniMaa.jpg
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| map_caption = Location in Jharkhand
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| country = [[India]]
| state = [[Jharkhand]]
| district = [[Sahebganj]]
| location = [[Barharwa]]
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| deity = [[Tridevi]] (Maa Binduwasni)
| festivals = [[Chaitra]] [[Navratri]]
| architecture = Aryan Architecture
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'''Bindudham''', also known as Binduwasni [[Mandir]], is a [[Hindu Temple]], is located at [[Barharwa]] in [[Sahibganj District]] of [[Indian state]] [[Jharkhand]] and dedicated to the Maha [[Durga]] ([[Kali]]), Maha [[Lakshmi]] and Maha [[Saraswati]] ([[Tridevi]]) in the form of [[Shakti peethas|Shaktipeeth]]. "Binduwasni Mandir" is at the top of the "Binduwasni hill". The main temple has a statue of the [[Hindu]] god [[Surya]] ([[Sun]]). He is seated in a Seven horsed Rath (an old Indian royal horse cart). In another part of Binduwasni hill, a large 35-foot statue of [[Hanuman]] stands, where people can see his sacred foot prints. A Rama temple is under construction now in the same site.

==Location==
[[Barharwa Junction railway station]] is only two kilometers away from Bindudham. This temple is situated at the top of Binduwasni hill, [[Barharwa]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sahibganj.nic.in/en/Tourism.html/ |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-03-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130208041050/http://sahibganj.nic.in/en/Tourism.html |archive-date=2013-02-08 }}</ref> Binduwasni hill belongs to [[Rajmahal hills]] formed at the time of [[Jurassic Period]].{{Cn|date=July 2021}}

==History==
Actually, Bindudham temple was an ancient temple,<ref>http://bindudham-barharwa.webnode.com/</ref> but with the elapse of time, it became unpopular. Swami Hariharanand Giri, popularly known as Pahari Baba, realised this ancient temple's importance. It is thanks to the work and direction of Pahari Baba that this Bindudham, Barharwa (Hindi: बिन्दुधाम, बरहरवा) has again gained its great prosperity and heritage. Binduwasni Temple (the temple of [[Tridevi]]) is related to the Story of [[Sati (goddess)|'the story of Goddess Sati']].{{Cn|date=July 2021}} [[File:Dakshayani.jpg|right|240px|thumb|[[Shiva]] carrying the corpse of [[Sati (goddess)|Sati]] ]]
Three sacred blood drops of Sati are placed in the form of [[Shakti peethas|Shakti Peeth]]; this is why people call Sati '''Maa Binduwasni''' and the place Bindudham ([[Sanskrit]] / [[Hindi]] :बिन्दुधाम), i.e. a place of [[Adi Parashakti]] (Divine Mother) in the form of a [[Bindu (symbol)|Bindu]] (point). In metaphysical terms, Bindu is considered the point where creation begins and the many become the [[Henosis|unity]]. It is also described as "the sacred symbol of the cosmos in its unmanifested state".<ref>Khanna 1979: p.171</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P0vfFZh9BIIC&q=Big+Bang+theory+and+Indian+philosophy&pg=PA21|title=Human Being in Depth: A Scientific Approach to Religion|publisher=SUNY Press|year=1991|isbn=0791406792|page=21|author=Swami Ranganathananda|author-link=Ranganathananda}}</ref>

==Events==
[[File:Hanumanjibindudham.jpg|thumb|Hanuman statue, Bindudham, Barharwa]]
[[File:Ramnavmi Yagya Bindudham.jpg|thumb|Ramnavmi Yagya Bindudham]]
[[File:Ganga Baba Ramnavmi Binduham.jpg|thumb|Ganga Baba, Ramnavmi, Binduham]]
Chetra [[Navratri]] Durga puja is the main puja (worship) festival in Bindudham temple. The Chetra Navratra festival falls in the [[Shukla Paksha]], the first nine days of the month of [[Chaitra]] (March–April) in the [[Hindu calendar]]. In this occasion of Chetra Navratra, a nine days Maha [[Yajna]] is organised. Fair devotees gather in large numbers on Ram-Navami at this temple during this festival.
Along with the Chetra puja, Bindudham temple organises almost all [[Hindu]] worship occasions like [[Govardhan Puja]], Rani Sati Pujan, [[Guru Purnima]], [[Khatu Shyam]] Pujan (worship) etc. along with regional cultural activities.{{Cn|date=July 2021}}

==See also==
*[[Tridevi]]
*[[Navratri]]
*[[Shakti Peethas]]
*[[Sati (goddess)]]
*[[Bindu (symbol)|Bindu]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130208041050/http://sahibganj.nic.in/en/Tourism.html Sahebganj Tourism]

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Kamal Guha at 21:27, 17 November 2023