Sidhbali Mandir Kotdwar: Wishes are fulfilled in this Hanuman Dham, booking for Bhandara has to be done years in advance.

Devotees not only from Uttarakhand but from different states come here to pray. Every day there is a rush of devotees to visit Siddhabali temple. A postal stamp in the name of the temple was also issued by the Indian Postal Department in 2008.

The famous Shri Siddhabali temple of Hanuman ji is situated in Kotdwar area of ​​Uttarakhand. It is believed that the wishes of every devotee who comes here is fulfilled. This can be gauged from the fact that one has to wait for years to organize a Bhandara here.

It is believed that devotees come here and organize a Bhandara after their wish is fulfilled, but for the Bhandara held here, booking has to be done years in advance, that is, if the booking is done today, the Bhandara will be organized only after a few years.

There is a constant flow of devotees every day

Every day there is a rush of devotees to visit Siddhabali temple. Devotees not only from Uttarakhand but from different states come here to pray. Devotees reach the Dham from Bijnor, Meerut, Delhi and Mumbai as well as many other areas. The holy Siddhabali Dham is about two and a half km away from Kotdwar city on the Najibabad-Buakhal national highway.

A postal stamp in the name of the temple was also issued by the Indian Postal Department in 2008. Bhandara is usually organized here every day in the months of January, February, October, November and December. Bhandara is organized on Tuesday, Saturday and Sunday throughout the year.

Why was the place named ‘Siddhabali’

Guru Gorakhnath, considered to be the incarnation of Shiva in Kaliyuga, attained Siddhi here. That’s why he is called Siddhababa.

According to Gorakh Purana, Guru Gorakhnath’s Guru Machhendra Nath was living with Queen Mainakani of Triya kingdom on the orders of Hanuman ji. When Guru Gorakhnath came to know about this, he set out to liberate his Guru from the Triya kingdom.

It is believed that here Bajrang Bali changed his form and blocked the path of Guru Gorakhnath. After which there was a war between the two. Neither of them could defeat the other, after which Bajrang Bali came in his real form and asked for a boon from Guru Gorakhnath. On which Guru Gorakhnath requested Hanuman to stay here as his sentinel. It is also believed that Sikh Guru Guru Nanak Dev and a Muslim fakir also worshiped at this place.