Mundeshwari Temple
Bihar, India (CHAKRA) – The Mundeshwari Temple in Kaimur District is in trouble due to the lack of security and safety measures set up to protect the oldest monuments in India which reside within the temple. The Maoist hit Kaimur district is not safe and thus the centrally protected monuments are not receiving the care and attention they need.
The Mundeshwari Devi Temple (also spelled as Mundesvari) is located at Kaura in Kaimur district in the state of Bihar, India on the Mundeshwari Hills. It is an ancient temple dedicated to the worship of Lord Shiva and Shakti and is considered one of the oldest Hindu temples in Bihar. It is also considered as the ‘oldest functional’ temple of India.
Last month, thieves tried to break into the main sanctuary area where the monuments are kept but fortunately a potentially ugly situation was prevented before the culprits made it in. The main entrance gates of the over 1600-year-old temple were damaged in an attempt to get inside.
The government has not even assigned five attendants to look after the maintenance and safety of the temple monuments. The temple is located on a 608 feet hill and is known to be the oldest functional temple in the country where prayers still take place on a regular basis as they always have for several hundred years. The few individuals taking care of the temple will continue to do so but they hope to hear from the centre about gaining more resource to maintain the sacred place immersed in history.
The centre government should immediately provide the help.
Thanks for redirecting it to my box. I have not heard of it. Bihar CM is a so called secularist face who is scared of loosing his minority votes more than Hinduism.