Surya Temple

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The Surya Temple or Surya Mandir (Hindi: सूर्य मंदिर, रांची), situated close to Bundu, is a Hindu temple complex devoted to the sunlight based god, Surya.

It is arranged on top of a slope, on the NH-33 (Ranchi-Tata Road), around 40 km (25 mi) from the capital city of Jharkhand, Ranchi.The temple is built as tremendous chariot with exquisitely planned eighteen haggles naturalistic horses.The temple additionally houses a few different gods including Shiva, Parvati and Ganesha. The temple was worked by Sanskriti Vihar, an altruistic trust, headed by Shri Sita Ram Maroo, the Managing Director of Ranchi Express Group. The establishment stone was laid by Swami Shri Vasudevanand Saraswati on 24 October 1991 and the Prana Pratishtha was embraced by Swami Shri Vamdev Ji Maharaj on 10 July 1994.

A Dharmashala for explorers has been built. There is likewise a lake where fans can wash during Chhath Puja for venerating the Sun God.

It is looking like a major chariot with eighteen haggles similar ponies that appear to be prepared to take off into the sky. The Sun temple is arranged around 39 km from Ranchi on Ranchi-Tata Road close to Bundu. The temple furnishes a quiet and serene climate with a lake in its complex. The lake is sacrosanct to the Chhathavratis (fans participating in the Chhath Pooja) who accept that a plunge in the lake will free them of their transgressions.

Who built the Sun Temple?

The main role of the construction of this temple goes to Singh Munda, head of Edalhatu and Sitaram Maru, a social worker of Marwari society. Right now there is neither Pradhan Singh Munda ji nor Sitaram Maru ji. Pradhan Singh Munda ji donated his land for the construction of this temple. Pradhan Singh Munda ji was a resident of the nearby village of Edalhatu. It is not a common practice to donate such a large premises, for which the heart of a man should be big. Pradhan ji was very simple and innocent, due to which all the people around him respect him a lot.

It was a long time ago when the Sun Temple did not exist, then one day, on the way to Tata from Ranchi, Sitaram Maru ji stayed at a hotel at that place, when he met Pradhan Singh Munda ji. What is the special feature of Sun Temple?

A special feature of this temple is that there is such a temple in the whole of Jharkhand where no animal is sacrificed. Its surroundings are always very clean. There is a hostel of Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir in the Under Ground of the Sun Temple.

On the back side of the Sun Temple, there is a huge Surya Sarovar in which very beautiful water resides. This pond never dries up, on the day of Surya Mandir fair, most of the people use the water of this pond for shop.

When is the Surya Mandir Fair held?

A huge Tusu fair is held every year on 25th January at Surya Mandir, although it is also held on 26th January but not that big. People come from far and wide to see this fair. People from the entire Panchparganas region definitely come to this fair in this fair because people get many items of their own use in this fair. Apart from the fair, various types of household items are also bought and sold here. Such as - embroidery, silpatta, tano, davali, tanga, bisla, farsa, blanket, utensils etc. Many many items used in our everyday life are found. Various types of dances, plays, ghost houses, swings etc. are kept in this fair for entertainment. Children are very eager to go to this fair, different types of shops are also engaged here in which different types of dishes are found.

Surya Mandir fair is seen on both the days of 25 January and 26 January. This fair is very big, it comes second in the whole of Jharkhand. In this fair, people from different villages come together and dance and sing. Many, on the pretext of this fair, the guests also come home with Gudpeetha.

When do you come to the Sun Temple?

This place becomes worth seeing in the spring and rainy season because in the spring season new flowers and leaves appear around the temple, and after that whenever the rainy season comes, it is worth seeing here at that time too. . Due to the mountains-river-waterfalls around here, the sound of rivers-rivals and streams falling here-to-morrow fascinates the mind.

 The weather here is considered very good for tourism. The valleys here captivate the mind of the audience, people also come here to shoot a lot of photos because the photos here are very good.

 Many film songs, Nagpuri songs, Khortha songs, Bengali songs etc. are shot here. The natural shade spread in this way enlivens the Sun Temple. The work of a huge idol of Lord Birsa Munda on the Surya Mandir complex is going on in full swing and will be built very soon.