Pahari Mandir

Getting there

• By train

  Ranchi railway station is 7 km from the temple. The temple is in Ranchi district, Jharkhand, and stands in the city of Ranchi.

Why devotees come here

Pahari Mandir is a Shiva temple on a hilltop in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. It is the first temple in the country where the tricolour is hoisted. The temple stands 2,140 feet above sea level and is also known as Pahari Temple.

Pahari Mandir is a hill temple of Shiva, worshipped in linga form. After independence, the first tricolour was hoisted here by K. C. Das, a freedom fighter from Ranchi. The tricolour is still raised here every Independence Day and Republic Day. Inside the hill temple, a stone carries a message of freedom, written at midnight on 14 and 15 August 1947.

The temple's old name was Tiriburu. In British times it changed to Hanging Gallows, because British rulers hanged freedom fighters here. The temple stands 2,140 feet above sea level and 350 feet above the ground, in the city of Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand. The temple is also called the Pahari Baba temple.

Large crowds of Shiva devotees come here during Shivaratri and Sawan. Visitors can also see the tricolour hoisted on the hill on Independence Day and Republic Day each year.

Festivals

• During the month of Shivaratri and SawanShivaratri and Sawan

  Large crowds of Shiva devotees come to the temple.

• Every yearIndependence Day and Republic Day

  The tricolour is hoisted at the temple on both days.

Tips for your visit

• If you want fewer people, avoid Shivaratri and Sawan, when large crowds come.
• Look for the stone inside the hill temple that carries the message of freedom.

Questions people ask