Badi Devi Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Kanpur is the nearest airport.

• By train

  Ragul Station is the nearest railway station.

• By road

  The bus stand in Hamirpur is about 35 km from the temple.

Why devotees come here

Badi Devi Temple stands at Maudaha, a tehsil of Hamirpur district in Uttar Pradesh, 35 km from the district headquarters. Locally it is called Badi Devi Mandir. It was built during the reign of Peshwa Bajirao I in the Maratha style.

Badi Devi Temple is an ancient temple of the Maratha era. It stands at the headquarters of Maudaha tehsil, in Hamirpur district, and is known locally as Badi Devi Mandir. It lies 35 km from the district headquarters, in the Maudaha tehsil and block. The bus stand in Hamirpur is about 35 km from the temple.

Peshwa Bajirao I built the temple during his reign, in the Maratha architectural style. He also built the Laxminarayan temple that stands close by, so the two shrines share a builder.

Maudaha is a city and Municipal Board in the Bundelkhand region of Uttar Pradesh. It is one of four tehsils of Hamirpur district, which lies in the Chitrakoot Dham Division. National Highway 34 passes through the town and links it to Kanpur and Sagar. Daily buses run from Maudaha to Kanpur, Rath, Delhi, Sagar, Lucknow, Jhansi and Banda.

Tips for your visit

• Daily buses run from Maudaha to Kanpur, Rath, Delhi, Sagar, Lucknow, Jhansi and Banda.
• The Bundelkhand Expressway connects Maudaha with Agra, New Delhi and Chitrakoot.
• Trains connect Maudaha with Kanpur, Lucknow, Chitrakoot Dham (Karwi) and Mumbai.
• The railway station serving Maudaha falls under the Jhansi railway division of North Central Railway.

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