Mahavir Mandir
Patna, Bihar, India
- Deities
- Hanuman
- Traditions
- other
- Worship status
- active
- Coordinates
- 25.6093, 85.1376
- Darshan hours
- Varies by temple and season; consult the temple's own trust/management for the current daily schedule before visiting.
- Best time to visit
- Rama Navami (Mar/Apr) and Tuesdays/Saturdays draw the largest crowds.
- How to reach
- Directly opposite Patna Junction railway station, in the heart of the city; Patna has its own airport.
- Festivals
- Rama Navami (March/April), Hanuman Jayanti (March/April)
Location
Open in Google MapsOne of the most-visited Hanuman temples in India and, by some measures, the second-wealthiest temple trust in North India after Vaishno Devi. Its exact founding is contested: a 1948 Patna High Court ruling described it as having existed ‘since time immemorial,’ while historical accounts more specifically attribute its establishment to Swami Balanand, an ascetic of the Ramanandi sect, around 1730 CE. Located directly opposite Patna’s main railway station, the temple sees queues reportedly exceeding a kilometer during major festivals such as Rama Navami, and its trust — known for funding a network of low-cost hospitals across Bihar — reports daily earnings above a lakh of rupees. The temple also runs a free-meals service, Ram Rasoi, serving devotees daily between 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM.
Sources
- historical record: Cross-checked against Wikipedia's Mahavir Mandir article: confirms the 1948 Patna High Court characterization, the ~1730 CE Swami Balanand attribution, and the temple trust's rank among North India's wealthiest.
- historical record: Fresh re-check of the same Wikipedia article: no darshan/aarti timing schedule is given, but the article does confirm that devotees visiting Ram Lala at the temple's Ram Rasoi facility receive free meals daily between 11:30 AM and 3:00 PM -- a practical visitor detail not previously recorded in this entry. A separate fetch of the temple's own official website (mahavirmandirpatna.org) was attempted for darshan hours but returned only a redirect, not retrievable content, in this research pass.
For review
- Founding date is contested between 'time immemorial' (1948 court characterization) and a more specific c. 1730 CE attribution to Swami Balanand; both are presented rather than asserting one as settled.
- Current darshan/aarti hours could not be confirmed from the sources checked, including an attempted fresh check of the temple's own official website, which did not return retrievable content.