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{{Infobox Hindu temple
| image = Mahavir Mandir.jpg
| map_type = India Patna
| map_caption = Location in Patna
| coordinates = {{coord|25|36|14|N|85|8|11|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| native_name = Hanuman Mandir
| country = India
| state = [[Bihar]]
| location = Patna
| elevation_m = 57
| deity = [[Hanuman]]
| festivals = [[Ramnavmi, Hanuman Jayanti]]
| architecture = [[Nagri Architecture]]
| year_completed = First built - unknown<br /> Rebuilt - 1947<br />Final Rebuilt - 1987
| website = {{url|https://mahavirmandirpatna.org}}
| logo =
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}}
'''Mahavir Mandir''', Patna one of the holiest [[Hindu temple]]s dedicated to Lord [[Hanuman]], located in [[Patna, Bihar]], India. Millions of pilgrims visit the temple every year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/patnas-mahavir-temple-to-allow-devotees-in-specified-time-slots-based-on-their-names20200524052952/|title=Patna's Mahavir temple to allow devotees in specified time slots based on their names|website=ANI News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/religious-shrines-open-gates-for-devotees/articleshow/78002372.cms|title=Religious shrines open gates for devotees | Patna News - Times of India|website=The Times of India}}</ref> [[Acharya Kishore Kunal]] is the secretary of the Mahavir Mandir Temple Trust, Patna.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/patna/28197134_1_acharya-kishore-kunal-houston-patna |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121105201604/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-07-09/patna/28197134_1_acharya-kishore-kunal-houston-patna |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 November 2012 |work=[[The Times of India]] |title=Mahavir Mandir to have its twin in Houston |date=9 July 2009 }}</ref>

==History==
As per the [[Patna High Court]] judgment in 1948 the temple exists since time immemorial. This temple gained popularity in 1947 with large number of Hindu refugees coming to [[Patna]] after the [[partition of India]]. 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 [[Hanuman|Sankat-Mochan]] stands in it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/mahavirtemple.htm |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055641/http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/mahavirtemple.htm |archivedate=2009-04-10 }}</ref>

==Visits==
Long winding queues can be seen at the temple on Saturdays and Tuesdays, the traditional worshiping days of [[Hanuman|Lord Hanuman]]. Thousands of people visit Mahavir Mandir on every [[Ram Navami]] and New Year celebration.<ref>{{cite web|author=Faizan Ahmad, TNN 2 Jan 2008, 03.49am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-01-02/patna/27783660_1_new-year-crowds-throng-temples-mahabir-mandir |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190134/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-01-02/patna/27783660_1_new-year-crowds-throng-temples-mahabir-mandir |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-21 |title=Crowds throng temples on New Year |date=2008-01-02 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref> On every [[Ram Navami]] 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.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.livemint.com/Politics/4AFwC6y1bCUMpagm23fnjI/From-an-outcast-to-a-temple-priest.html|title=Patna: From an outcast to a temple priest|date=13 July 2017 |publisher=Live Mint}}</ref>

==Ram Rasoi==
Arrangements for free food have been made to the devotees who visit Ramlala at Ram Rasoi.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ramrasoi.org/|title=राम-रसोई - महावीर मन्दिर, पटना द्वारा संचालित|website=राम-रसोई}}</ref> Acharya Kishore Kunal, secretary of the Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti,<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://smsns.org/|title=Shri Mahavir Sthan Nyas Samiti, Patna | श्री महावीर स्थान न्यास समिति, पटना|website=smsns.org}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ayodhyaramatemple.org/|title=Rama Temple at Ayodhya|website=www.ayodhyaramatemple.org}}</ref> Devotees who visit Ramlala at Ram Rasoi get free food between 11:30 AM till 3:00 PM everyday.<br />
For this, 60 quintals of Govind Bhog shear rice have been sent to Ayodhya.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/patna/story-ram-kitchen-of-mahavir-temple-patna-starts-in-ayodhya-govind-bhog-rice-pudding-2878870.html|title = अयोध्या में महावीर मंदिर पटना की राम रसोई शुरू ,गोविंद भोग चावल की बनी खीर}}</ref> This rice has been sourced from Mokri village in Kaimur (Bihar).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/nov/20/bihars-famous-govind-bhog-rice-to-be-used-in-offering-to-ram-lalla-in-ayodhya-2064448.html|title = Bihar's famous Govind Bhog rice to be used in offering to Ram Lalla in Ayodhya}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ramrasoi.org/category/ram-rasoi-annual-report/|title=RAM RASOI ANNUAL REPORT Archives}}</ref>

==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'').<ref name="auto"/> Headed by Acharya [[Kishore Kunal]], the trust monitors working and development of [[temple]]. The [[Trusts]] uses the temple fund to run human welfare organizations and hospitals like [[Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canceratlasindia.org/CenterFilter.asp?CenterCode=95&CenterName=Mahavir%2BCancer%2BSansthan,%2BPatna |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2017-06-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071216072654/http://www.canceratlasindia.org/CenterFilter.asp?CenterCode=95&CenterName=Mahavir+Cancer+Sansthan,+Patna |archivedate=16 December 2007 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/patna/mahavir-mandir-trust-helps-the-poor/articleshow/75902015.cms|title=Patna: Mahavir Mandir Trust helps the poor|date=23 May 2020 |publisher=Times of India }}</ref> Mahavir Vaatsalya Hospital and Mahavir Arogya Hospital and other several hospitals and orphanage in the agricultural and rural state of [[Bihar]].
The Mahavir Mandir [[Trusts]] have the second highest budget in [[North India]] after the famous Maa [[Vaishno Devi]] shrine.<ref name="timesofindia.indiatimes.com">{{cite web|author=TNN 7 May 2008, 05.38am IST |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-07/patna/27782954_1_mahavir-mandir-trust-temple-trust-religious-trust |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021190121/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2008-05-07/patna/27782954_1_mahavir-mandir-trust-temple-trust-religious-trust |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-10-21 |title=Mandir trust submits Rs 35-cr budget |date=2008-05-07 |work=[[The Times of India]] |accessdate=2013-10-03}}</ref>

==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 [[:mai:भवनाथ झा|Pandit Bhavanath Jha]].

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File:Mahavir Mandir,Patna.jpg|Mahavir Mandir, Patna
File:Mahavir Mandir Front Gate and Shoe Stand.jpg|Mahavir Mandir front gate and shoe stand
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==See also==
*[[Viraat Ramayan Mandir]]
*[[Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre]]
*[[Deo Surya Mandir|Deo Sun Temple]]
*[[Baba Garib Sthan Mandir]]

==References==
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==External links==
* Mahavir Mandir published an ebook on Ayodhya debate written by Acharya Kishore Kunal that was at this link [http://www.mahavirmandirpatna.org/prakashan/ebook/bookindex.html www.mahavirmandirpatna.org/prakashan/ebook/bookindex.html]
* [http://www.mahavirmandirpatna.org Mahavir Mandir Patna official website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110916223520/http://www.mahavirmandir.org/ http://mahavirmandir.com/]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090410055641/http://patna.bih.nic.in/html/mahavirtemple.htm History of Mahavir Mandir on "Official website Patna" ]
* [https://mahavirmandirpatna.org/dharmayan/ धर्मायण - धार्मिक, सांस्कृतिक एवं राष्ट्रीय चेतना की हिन्दी मासिक पत्रिका] Dharmayan Magazine
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