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{{Short description|13th century Shiva temple in Mithila}}<br />
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'''Adbhutanath Mahadev Mandir''' ([[Maithili language|Maithili]]: अद्भुतनाथ महादेव मंदिर) is a 13th century temple dedicated to [[Shiva|Lord Shiva]] in the [[Mithila (region)|Mithila region]] of the [[Indian subcontinent]]. It is located at ''Anahari Dham'' in the [[Sitamarhi district]] of [[Bihar]] in [[India]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=अद्भुतनाथ महादेव मंदिर - अद्भुतनाथ महादेव मंदिर - Bihar Sitamarhi General News |url=https://www.jagran.com/bihar/sitamarhi-adbhutnath-mahadev-temple-22918893.html |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=Jagran |language=hi}}</ref> It was built during the period of the 13th century CE. The [[Lingam|Shivalinga]] of the temple was made by joining two celestial stones fallen from the sky at two different villages near the present temple. Since the divine stones came from the sky, so the Shivalinga is also known as ''Baba Adbhutanath Aakash Margi Mahadev''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |title=अन्हारी के बाबा अद्भूतनाथ शिव मंदिर सज धज कर तैयार |url=https://www.livehindustan.com/bihar/sitamarhi/story-baba-adbhutnath-shiva-temple-of-anhari-is-all-decorated-and-ready-10505519.html |work=Hindustan}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Bharat |first=E. T. V. |date=2020-03-20 |title=मान्यता: इस गांव में आकाश मार्ग से धरती पर उतरे थे अद्भुत नाथ महादेव, तब इलाके में छा गया था अंधेरा |url=https://www.etvbharat.com/hindi/bihar/state/sitamarhi/interesting-story-of-anhari-village-of-sitamarhi/bh20200320131158347 |access-date=2025-04-11 |website=ETV Bharat News |language=hi}}</ref> <br />
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== History ==<br />
According to the priest ''Roshan Jha'' of the temple and the villager ''Ramesh Kumar'', Once a day in the year 1288 CE at morning, it rained with thunder. Then a celestial stone was seen falling towards the earth and soon the celestial stone broke into two parts before it fell on the earth. One part of the celestial stone fell in Anahari village and the other part in the fields of Rewasi village in the Sitamarhi district. After that it became dark during the day. It is said that Lord Shiva appeared in the dream of a [[Brahmin]] of ''Ransambha''. And Lord Shiva said to join the two pieces of the celestial stone. After that the villagers joined the two pieces of the celestial stone and started worshipping the joined celestial stone as [[Lingam|Shivalinga]]. The village was earlier known as ''Ujiarpur'' but during the fall of the celestial stone, the day became dark, so later it was called Anahari village. The term Anahari is associated with the darkness, so the village was later called as Anahari. The worship in the temple started from the year 1288 CE.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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[[Category:Shiva temples in Sitamarhi district]]</div>Mohammed Sajib