Sun Temple Bundu

Getting there

• By air

  Birsa Munda Airport at Ranchi is the busiest airport in Jharkhand. The temple is about 40 km from Ranchi city.

• By train

  Ranchi has four railway stations with direct trains to major capital cities of India.

• By road

  The temple stands on NH-43, the Ranchi to Tata road. The same highway runs through Bundu toward Jamshedpur, about 83 km away, passing Tamar and Chandil.

Why devotees come here

Sun Temple Bundu is a Hindu temple complex dedicated to Surya, the solar deity. It stands on a hill beside NH-43 in Bundu, Ranchi district, Jharkhand, and is built in the form of a huge chariot.

The temple is dedicated to Surya. Shrines to Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha are also inside. The temple has a pond where devotees bathe during Chhath Puja, the festival for worshipping Surya.

The temple is built in the form of a huge chariot. It has eighteen elegantly designed wheels and seven naturalistic horses.

Sanskriti Vihar, a charitable trust headed by Shri Sita Ram Maroo, managing director of the Ranchi Express Group, built the temple. Swami Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati laid the foundation stone on 24 October 1991. The Prana Pratishtha was held on 10 July 1994 by Swami Shri Vamdev Ji Maharaj. Bundu is a subdivisional town, a notified area, in Ranchi district. It is about 40 km from Ranchi and 83 km from the industrial city of Jamshedpur. The Bundu subdivision has three blocks: Bundu, Sonahatu and Tamar.

Festivals

• During Chhath PujaChhath Puja

  Devotees bathe in the temple pond to worship Surya.

Tips for your visit

• Dassam Falls, a 144-foot waterfall on the Kanchi River near Taimara village, is a main tourist spot in Bundu, about 40 km from Ranchi.
• A dharamshala for pilgrims has been built at the temple.

Questions people ask