Sidhhanath Temple, Kharsundi

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

Siddhanath is said to have two wives, Jogeshwari who lives at the temple and Zakabai near Neilkarnji, and by the first wife's condition he may visit the second only once in three years; the spring at Gohdapur is said to have opened where his horse struck the ground as he fled a snake set to stop the meeting.