Bhilai to Raipur on bike: Chapter 6: Dudhadhari Math and Mandir, Raipur
After Mahamaya temple we went to see the Dudhadari Temple (also spelled as Doodhadhari). Dudhadhari Math is situated near the Burha Talab. The founder of this math (monastery) was Shri Balbhadra Das Mahantji. He was a great devotee of Lord Hanuman. It is believed that when he started worshipping a piece of stone as an idol of Lord Hanuman, everyday a cow, Surhi would come and bathe the stone with milk. Popular belief is that Mahantji drank this milk after the stone was bathed and stopped eating everything else. Since Mahantji’s food became “Dudh-Ahari” (meaning food consisting of milk), the Math came to be named so. The temple is divided into two parts, the first part contains the idol of Balaji, while the second part is devoted to worship of Ram Panchayatan. The temple gets specially decorated during the Ram Navami, Rath Yatra, Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi.
- Entrance of the math:
- Sculpture at the entrance:
- Inside the math:
- Sri Swami Balaji Bhagwan:
- Sri Sankatmochan Hanuman Ji:
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