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Deo, Aurangabad, Bihar · 24.6588°, 84.4370°
Bihar's best-known sun temple and the focus of enormous Chhath gatherings each year, dated by the ASI to the fifth or sixth century, with a 1437 inscription recording a dedication by King Bhairavendra. It faces west toward the setting sun rather than east, and some scholars argue it began as a Buddhist shrine before being reconsecrated to Surya.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
Local tradition says Vishwakarma, the divine architect, raised the whole temple in a single night.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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