सरिखोल देवता मंदिर समिति
Sarikhol Devta Mandir Samiti
Darshan every day, sevas in your name, and the devta's jatra every spring.
Banjar, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
Temple opens at 6:30 am · Mangla aarti 5:45 am
Today
Aarti and pooja
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Next
Mangla aarti
मंगला आरती
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Bhog
भोग
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Sandhya aarti
संध्या आरती
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Shayan aarti
शयन आरती
Timings
Darshan and aarti timings
Today
- 6:30 am – 12:00 pm
- 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Winter hours
Temple opens at 6:30 am · Mangla aarti 5:45 am
- Today 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Wednesday 11 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Thursday 12 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Friday 13 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Saturday 14 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Sunday 15 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
- Monday 16 Nov 6:30 am – 12:00 pm 3:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Footwear is kept at the gate. The temple shuts for the eclipse and opens again after the bath.
Sevas
Offer a seva
Every seva is performed by our pujari in your name; prasad can be posted to you anywhere.
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Rudrabhishek
Water, milk and honey offered over the Shivling by our pujari, with the Rudram chanted in your name and your family's.
₹1,100
Next: Tue 10 Nov, 5:00 pm
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Havan
A fire offering at the temple's havan kund for your family, with your names said into the fire.
₹2,100
Next: Wed 11 Nov, 9:00 am
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Devta puja
A puja to Sarikhol Devta at any hour the temple is open; the pujari names you and those you offer it for.
₹501
The next festival
Sarikhol jatra
The devta comes out in his palanquin with the drums and the karnal. Everyone is welcome, and the bhandara follows.
Annadan
Sponsor a day's annadan
₹5,100
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Tue 10 Nov
Sponsored
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Wed 11 Nov
Sponsored by Kamla Devi
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Thu 12 Nov
Open -
Fri 13 Nov
Open -
Sat 14 Nov
Sponsored
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Sun 15 Nov
Open -
Mon 16 Nov
Open -
Tue 17 Nov
Open -
Wed 18 Nov
Sponsored by The Negi family, Jibhi
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Thu 19 Nov
Open -
Fri 20 Nov
Open -
Sat 21 Nov
Open -
Sun 22 Nov
Open -
Mon 23 Nov
Open
Before you visit
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What to wear: Shoulders and knees covered; a cap or scarf for the sanctum.
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Photographs: No photographs inside the sanctum or of the devta.
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Footwear: Leave footwear and leather at the gate.
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Mobile phones on silent in the courtyard.
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No alcohol or smoking anywhere near the temple.
History
Sarikhol Devta has kept watch over the villages above Banjar for longer than anyone's grandparents can say.
His temple stands in a clearing in the deodars, built the kath-kuni way in courses of stone and timber, with three slate roofs and doors carved by the village's own carpenters. The committee was formed in 2014 to look after the temple, its lands and its festivals with the kardar and the pujari. Every year the devta goes out in his palanquin for the jatra, and the bhandara after it feeds everyone who climbs up.
Give
Give to the temple repair fund
New slate for the roofs and the deodar beams the winters have cracked. Every gift gets a receipt.
Gallery
The temple and the valley
Who we are
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Ram Singh Thakur
Kardar
Since 2019
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Prem Chand Negi
Secretary
Since 2021
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Bhagwan Dass
Treasurer
Since 2021
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Pandit Hem Raj Sharma
Pujari
Since 2008
Transparency
Our papers, open to all
How to reach
The way up
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By road
From Aut on the Kullu road, turn off for Banjar, then 9 km up the Sarikhol link road.
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Nearest bus stand
Banjar bus stand, 9 km below; a taxi from the stand takes 25 minutes.
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The walk
A stone path from the road head, 20 minutes up through the deodars.
Snow closes the link road on some days in January and February; the path stays open.
Find us
Banjar, Kullu, Himachal Pradesh
Contact
Write to us
The committee usually replies within a day. Message us on WhatsApp.