Deoghar, the city of Baidyanath Dham

Baba Baidyanath Temple Complex is the main attraction in Deoghar. This complex is the associations of 22 temples include the Baidyanath temple. Baidyanath is the main temple in the complex which is renowned for its architectural beauty and elegance. Millennium of devotees arrives here during the festival of Shravan Mela. Baba Baidyanath Temple Phone: 06432-232295.

Nandan Hill is located in Deoghar famous for Nandi Temple. It has been beautifully maintained by the local administration. There have also a large beautiful children park. It is a picnic spot with some basic rides atop of the hill.

Naulakhya Temple is located about 1.6 km away from Baidyanath Temple. It is a Radha-Krishna Temple and it looks like the temple of Ramakrishna in Belur. 146 feet height idol of Radha-Krishna is major attraction in the temple.

Satsanga Ashram is located to the south west corner of Deoghar city. It is a holy place for devotees who fallow the law of Thakur Anukulchandra. There have also has a museum and a zoo with a temple for all religious.

Tapoban is located about 9 km away from Deoghar City. There is a temple of Shiva called as Taponath Mahadeva which is the centre of attraction for pilgrims. A number of caves are found in this hill. It is a picnic spot with some caves and lots of monkeys.

Rikhia Ashram was established by Swami Satyananda Saraswati. Thousand of devotees from different corners of the world participate in a fair an annual festival and ceremony which is held every year in late November to early December.

Shiva-Ganga is a pond placed just 201 meters next to the Baidyanath Temple. It is believed that the pond was created by Ravana when he was taking the Joytirlingam to his land.

Harila Jori is situated about 8 km north from Baidyanath temple and 4.5 km from Tower chowk. You will find here a Shiva Temple. This was the place where Ravana handed over the lingam to lord Visnu.

Trikuth Hill is located about 12 km away from Deoghar on the way to Dumka. Being three main peaks on the hill it is called as Trikutachal. The peaks maintain a height of about 1351 ft. There have a famous Shiva Temple and several Ashrams. This mountain also well communicated by the Ropeway services.

Dahijor Camp was constructed in 1975 8 km away from Deoghar on the way to Dumka road, There is a beautiful Shiva temple. That place surrounded by mountain and it is a perfect playground for football, basketball, hokey, and volleyball.

Some other tour spots in and around Deoghar are Bhakti Prava Devi Ashram, Prabhu Jagadbandhu Ashrama, Ram Niwas Ashram, Rama-Krishna Mission, Koiridih, Jalsar Children Park, Maa Kali Shaktipeeth, Hathi Pahar, Devasangha Mutt, Pagla Baba Ashram, Lila Temple, Baiju Temple, Maa Parvati Temple, Trikutachal Mahadeva Temple, Kundeshwari temple and Maa Shitla Temple.

Travel by Railways
Jasidih Junction is the major railway station close to Deoghar city. It falls under Howrah-Delhi main line. All major express and passenger trains stop here. Other two important railway station namely Baidyanathdham and Deoghar station are connected to Jasidih Junction and these maintain a distance respectively 7km and 6km from this junction. Two new railway lines are under construction and these are extended from Deoghar railway station to Rampurhat and another to Sultanganj.

Travel by Roadways
Deoghar is a city in eastern India in the state of Jharkhand. It is well connected to all major points of eastern India by roadways like Ranchi, Patna, Kolkata, Bhubaneshwar, Jamshedpur, etc. there are some important cities close to Deoghar with distance - Kolkata 375 km, Giridih 62 km, Patna 283 km, Dumka 66 km, Madhupur 31km, Ranchi 252 km, etc. you will get regular buses from the above mentioned cities to Deoghar.

Travel by Airways
The domestic airport of Udaipur is the nearest airport to deoghar located about 136 km away. After reaching to this airport you can hire a taxi to reach here. Other important airports close to Deoghar are located at Ranchi and Patna.