Bijli Mahadev Tour

Bijli Mahadev Sightseeing Tour – Bijli-Mahadev temple is a ‘Kash’ style temple that has a “Shiva-Lingam”. This temple is situated in a meadow with lush green forests in the surroundings, 14 KM from Kullu and 54 kms from Manali Mall Road. This place got its name after the great miracle that occurs occasionally. The ‘Shiva-Lingam’ is struck by lightening and it breaks into pieces, then the priest of the temple collects all the pieces and joins them together with the help of butter acting as an adhesive. During ‘Shivaratri’ every year, great rush of devotees gather here to pay homage to Lord-Shiva.

It is located at an altitude of about 2,438 m in the Kullu Valley, Bijli Mahadev is one of the excellent temples in India. Located 14 km from Kullu, it can be approached by a difficult but rewarding trek of 3 km. A panoramic view of Kullu and Paravati valleys can be seen from the temple. Shivaling of temple broken by falling of electricity (Bijli). Here ,another secret is that the Lord Shiva come in dream of Priest and tell him about where the fragments of Shivaling fall. After dream, they collects the pieces of broken Shivaling . Here the Priest collect pieces of fragment Shivaling and joined them with butter. After few months , the Shivling again transforms to solid form. The inner side of temple where Shivling present is totally black due to the fall of electricity after every twelve years.

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It takes 54 minutes to travel from Manali to Bijli Mahadev. Approximate driving distance between Manali and Bijli Mahadev is 45 kms or 28 miles or 24.3 nautical miles . Travel time refers to the time taken if the distance is covered by a car.