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High medieval · Hindu · India
Harihar Dham
Bagodar, Giridih, Jharkhand · 24.0700°, 85.8211°
ShivaUndetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A 25-acre river-girt temple site at Bagodar in Giridih district, about a kilometre off the Grand Trunk Road, built around a 65-foot Shivalinga described as the tallest in the world and said to have taken some thirty years to complete. It fills with pilgrims at Shravan Poornima and is a favoured venue for Hindu weddings.