Haradih Durga Mandir Haradih, Ranchi Jharkhand

The temple group of Haradih is situated in Bundu block of Ranchi district of Jharkhand state. This village is located at a distance of 60 kilometers from the capital Ranchi and 15 kilometers from Tamad. The remains of the ancient temple are present in the north of Haradih village and on a high mound built in the middle of the fields, adjacent to which the Kanchi river flows.

Temple Group Haradih

The temple group of Haradih is situated in Bundu block of Ranchi district of Jharkhand state. This village is located at a distance of 60 kilometers from the capital Ranchi and 15 kilometers from Tamad. The remains of the ancient temple are present in the north of Haradih village and on a high mound built in the middle of the fields, adjacent to which the Kanchi river flows. These remains were first discovered in 1944 by the former Director General of Archaeological Survey of India, Shri A. Ghosh. The remains scattered on the surface show that there were many temples made of stone and brick at this site, two of which are still standing. There is also a 16-armed statue of Mahishasurmardani made of black stone, which measures 1.2 meters x 60 centimeters and is currently installed in the sanctum sanctorum of the new modern temple built here. The two miniature temples on the south-western corner of the mound are built in Rekhadeul style. The vertical plan of these temples made of granite stone includes Bada, Gandi and Mastak.
In the last three-four years, the Ranchi Division of the Archaeological Survey of India has done the work of removing the debris here in a scientific manner, as a result of which the plans of many small temples and platforms made of bricks and residential rooms have been exposed. There is uniformity in the plan of the small temples made of stone and in each temple a Shivalinga is installed between the stone plaques surrounded on three sides. In all these stone slabs, stone molding is made. After a certain height, there is no super structure in any of these temples. The presence of such a large number of Shivalingas at one place makes it clear that this place was dedicated to the Shaiva sect in the early medieval period.