Deokund - Tourism place Geography and Culture

Deokund - The Goddess place of Bihar - Deo Kund

Continent - Asia
Country-India
State - Bihar
District –Aurangabad
Distance from the national capital Delhi 973km
Distance from the state capital Patna-80 km
Pin Code - 804428
STD Code-6328
River - Son, Punpun


Approach over the location—The site area has approach by roadways from the state head quarter Patna. Now the path way is marked as NH 98 .Regular bus services are available from Patna and Deokund to reach up to the site



By Air:-The two key air terminals in Bihar that facilitate air travel are located in the capital city of Patna and Gaya.


By Rail:-Railway junctions at Patna, Gaya and Anugrah Narayan Road are the key railhead of the place. An excellent network of trains links are available on that site.


By Road:-Extensive network of National Highways and State Highways interlink in Bihar helps visitors in reaching the place by roads.

Language—Hindi and Magahi.


Lodging—Inspection bungalow at Arwal and some road ways hotels


Food- Rice,pulse, sabji, bhujia ,chapatti litti and chokha of local standard Fish mutton, chicken eggs etc as non-veg . .Nimki, Singhara Jalebi as breakfast snacks.along with tea, but no coffee. Sweet water is available for drinking purposes. Branded and bottled drinks are also available, but in less quantity


Local conveyance- Cycle rickshaw and auto rickshaws are main local conveyance


Tourist Spots - Dodheshwar Nath Shiv temple, Swami Balpuri hawn kund and Sahastra dhara pond


Remarks—Cinema hall for entertainment and medical facility available at Arwal


State highway -68 | Route - Sheoganj - Rafiganj - Goh - Upahara - Deokund- Baidarabad | Length (in km) - 65.5 km

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Rishi Chaywan and Sanyukta - Ancient history of Deokund

Deokund (Rishi Chaywan's Ashram) - This was the penance place of Rishi Chaywan. Here he got his eyes damaged accidently by princess Sanyukta who later became his wife. Ashwini Kumar came here and blessed the rishi and gave him the formula of ChaywanPrash. He got made a pond called Dev Kund in which if one bathes, gets merits of bathing in all the tirths (religious places). The shivling which he made out of Kasauti stone (touchstone) is still here and is called Chaywaneshwar Shivling and the temple was created by Lord Vishwakarma in one night. The famous Chhath festival of Bihar originated from here as his wife started observing it for the first time. Here a fair is held in Phalgun and Vaishkh Shivratris.

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Deokund - The Goddess place of Bihar - Deo Kund

Deokund is an important historic place that forms one of the major tourist attractions in Aurangabad. Situated 10 km to the southeast of the border of Aurangabad and Arwal (Jehanabad), i.e approx 40 km apart from  Aurangabad. Deokund houses an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva. Thousands of worshippers visit this temple during Shivratri.

The village Deokund (Devkund) is associated with an interesting mythological relevance. According to Hindu mythology, once Lord Vishwakarma was told to make three temples in one night. These three temples are identical in design and incorporates a small pond with it. The only difference is the absence of fourth side wall of the pond at Deokund (Devkund), which Lord Vishwakarma could not complete as the Sunrise occurred. In modern times those three temples are located at Deo, Deokund and Umga in Bihar. Two of these three towns i.e.Deo & Umga have Sun temples and Deokund has Lord Shiv temple ( Baba Dudheshwar Nath).

About 500 years ago this was the penance place of Rishi Chaywan. The site is recognised as mediation region of Chaywan Rishi. The Sant swami Balpuri also made his meditation place in the ashram of Chaywan rishi. After completion of his meditation he burnt himself in the hawan kund got immtated and immortalised. It is said that the hawn kund remains always fired since then, that is the specialty of the place.

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