Muktidham Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Nashik's nearest airport is Ojhar Nashik International Airport, about 24 km from the city centre.

• By train

  The temple is in the Nashik Road suburb. Nashik Road Railway Station is a key hub, 11 km from Nashik city centre.

• By road

  The Mumbai-Agra highway (NH-3) passes through Nashik, and NH-50 links the city to Pune.

Why devotees come here

Muktidham is a marble temple complex in the Nashik Road suburb of Nashik, Maharashtra. It honours many Hindu gods and is known for replicas of the twelve Jyotirlingas. A local industrialist's donation paid for the temple, which was founded in 1971 and is privately operated through a trust.

Muktidham is a marble temple complex honouring many Hindu gods. Its main feature is a set of replicas of the twelve Jyotirlingas. Each replica was built to the dimensions of the original deity and sanctified at that deity's pilgrimage centre.

The temple was founded in 1971 and is run privately through a trust. A local industrialist, the late J.D. Chauhan-Bytco, paid for it through a generous donation.

The temple is built of marble from Makrana in Rajasthan, and Rajasthani sculptors worked on it. The Krishna temple in the complex has walls painted with scenes from Krishna's life and the Mahabharata. Eighteen chapters of the Geeta are written on the walls, a feature described as unique to this temple. The complex also has idols of Vishnu, Laxman, Sita, Hanuman, Durga and Ganesha.

Festivals

• Every twelve yearsKumbh Mela (Nasik-Trimbakeshwar Simhastha)

  Thousands of Hindu devotees visit Muktidham during the Kumbh Mela, which is held in Nashik every twelve years. It is one of four main Kumbh Melas recognised globally.

Tips for your visit

• The complex has a dharamshala that can accommodate at least 200 pilgrims.
• The Krishna temple has walls painted with scenes from Krishna's life and the Mahabharata.
• Eighteen chapters of the Geeta are written on the walls, which the research calls unique to this temple.

Questions people ask