Places to visit nearby Deoghar

Places Near around Baidyanathdham Deoghar

Baidhyanathdham Deoghar is a beautiful small city based in Jharkhand state of India. There are few places to go around Deoghar for 2-3days. 

Basukinath

Basukinath is located 43km from B.Deoghar. The pilgrimage of Deoghar is considered to be incomplete without paying homage to Basukinath temple. Famous for Shiva temple.

Rikhia Yogasharam

It is very famous for Yoga and place of spiritual practice of Swami Satyananda Saraswati. He came to Rikhia in September, 1989 and bagan long and arduous sadhanas like 'Panchagni' the ritual of five fires. Many a tourists specially come to Rikhia to learn and practice Yogasanas.

Massanjore Dam

This place is just amazing with broad river and mountains. It's 98 km from Deoghar, across the Mayurakshi River, in Dumka district. It was commissioned in 1956. The dam is 155 ft high and 2170 ft long, it has a huge reservoir with great storage capacity.

Get your own vehicle. There are few food stalls situated nearby the dam. Nearby the dam, there are 2-3 lodges wherein you can stay and enjoy the walk nearby the dam. People also do rock climbing and enjoy swimming. One can also visit nearby Santal villages and get to see there living style and culture.

Giridih

Giridih is famous for Parsvnath Mahaveer Jain temple. It is 60km from Deoghar.

Shantiniketan

It is 172km from Deoghar which takes almost 3.5 hrs to reach Shantiketan.

I with my family have visited these places in my childhood, so have lot of good memories attached to it. There are many good places to visit in Deoghar. Till 2000 Deoghar and these places used to fall under Bihar state. Then Bihar was divided and Jharkhand state was formed.

These places can well be reached by road or railways as well.

Few of the famous dishes of these areas are Litti Chokha, Gupchup, Pittha, Malpua.

Major local festivals are Holi, Chhath Puja, Diwali, Durga Puja, Jitia.