| Temples & Legends Of Bihar |
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| Temples & Legends
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PATAN DEVI |
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attired in sari except Bhairav. They are with mukut (crown). Choti Patna Devi temple is to
the south-east of the famous Sikh temple of Harmandir, which is the site of the
birth-place of Guru Govind Singh. It has the same goddesses as in the Bari Patan Devi. It
is claimed by some that the pat or clothes of Sati, wife of Mahadeva, fell from the sky at
this place only. In the northern compound of this temple there is a big image of the
Sun-god, though broken into two parts. There are also small images of the Sun-god and
of Vishnu and some votive stupas in the western verandah of the temple.Like most of the
temples, these temples too have a number of other images. On the right side of the three
goddesses and god (and not in their room) there is a statue of Parvati which is made of
stone. It is also believed that this statue is one hundred years old. She is also in the
Standing pose and located to the north.
On the right side of Parvati there is also a small temple of Lord Shiva, which
constructed in 1950. This temple is in an open space and there is a courtyard in front of
it. So far as the architecture of the temples is concerned, they have been reconstructed
from time to time with liberal use of marble and mosaic slabs. They are in the Brahmanical
style. There is no authentic evidence to give us the exact date of the construction of the
first temples. |
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