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Gorakhnath Math

Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh · 26.7739°, 83.3578°

Shiva and Guru GorakshanathNath order
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Nath order

History & significance

The head monastery of the Nath sampradaya, spread over some 52 acres at Gorakhpur on the spot where Gorakshanath is held to have practised; the city takes its name from the saint, and the math has long been a centre of the order's religious and public life.

Sthala katha — the legend

A lamp called the Divya Jyoti is said to have burned in the math without interruption since Gorakshanath's own time.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Nath order