Pahadi Mandir

Getting there

• By train

  Barwadih Railway Station is about 1 km from the temple. It makes the temple easy to reach by train.

• By air

  Latehar has no airport. Ranchi Airport is the nearest.

• By road

  The Latehar bus stand is 108 km by road from Ranchi, and Latehar station (code LTHR) has four direct trains from Ranchi. The temple is about 70 km from Latehar, the district headquarters.

Why devotees come here

Pahadi Mandir is a hilltop temple on Barwadih hill in Latehar district, Jharkhand, about 70 km from Latehar, the district headquarters. It is dedicated to Shiva and Hanuman. Visitors come for the scenic setting and the view over the forests and the town.

Pahadi Mandir stands on Barwadih hill in Latehar district of Jharkhand. The hilltop temple is dedicated to Shiva and Hanuman. It is a calm spiritual place, and it draws devotees, pilgrims and nature lovers through the year.

The hilltop is one of its main draws. From the top, visitors look out over the surrounding forests and the town of Barwadih. The forest around the town is where the world's first tiger census was enumerated, in 1932. The same calm setting makes the temple a popular stop for both worship and leisure trips.

Barwadih is a town and Community Development Block in Latehar district. Barwadih Junction railway station is one of the important railway junctions in Latehar district. It lies about 157 km from Ranchi, the state capital, and stands at an average elevation of 334 metres. Betla, Netarhat and Lohardaga are also nearby important tourist destinations.

Tips for your visit

• Summers in Barwadih are hot, with highest daytime temperatures between 24 and 45 degrees Celsius.
• Betla National Park is about 8 km from Barwadih, and it is one of the nearby important tourist destinations.
• The hilltop temple's GPS coordinates are 23.839241 N, 84.112925 E.

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