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One
should
must
visit
here.
The
Vaidyanatha
temple,
also
called
Baba
Vaidyanath
dham
or
Vaidyanath
dham,
is
one
of
the
twelve
Jyotirlingas,
the
most
revered
places
where
Shiva
lives.
It
is
located
in
Deoghar
in
the
Santhal
Parganas
division
of
the
state
of
Jharkhand,
India.
It
is
a
temple
complex
consisting
of
the
main
temple
of
Baba
Baidyanath,
where
the
Jyotirlinga
is
installed,
and
21
other
temples.
According
to
Hindu
beliefs,
the
demon
king
Ravana
worshipped
Shiva
at
this
place
to
obtain
boons
he
later
used
to
wreak
havoc
on
the
world.
Ravana
offered
his
ten
heads,
one
after
another,
to
Shiva
as
a
sacrifice.
Pleased
with
this,
Shiva
descended
to
cure
Ravana,
who
was
injured.
As
he
acted
as
a
doctor,
he
is
referred
to
as
Vaidya
("doctor").
The
temple
derives
its
name
from
this
aspect
of
Shiva.
Kanwar
Yatra
(Devanagari:
कांवड़
यात्रा)
is
an
annual
pilgrimage
for
the
devotees
of
Shiva,
known
as
Kānvarias
(कांवड़िया)
or
"Bhole"
(भोले).
They
go
to
the
Hindu
pilgrimage
site
of
Sultanganj
in
Bihar
to
fetch
the
holy
waters
of
the
Ganges.
Millions
of
people
gather
holy
water
from
the
Ganga
and
carry
it
as
an
offering
for
hundreds
of
miles
to
the
Baidyanath
Temple
in
Jharkhand.
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