What are the darshan timings of Siddhavat Temple?
Siddhavat Temple in Ujjain is open for darshan 5:00 AM – 8:00 PM. The temple is located at on the banks of the Shipra.
Timings can change on festivals, eclipses and special occasions. Please confirm with the temple before you travel.
What is Siddhavat Temple known for?
Siddhavat is an ancient banyan on the bank of the Shipra at Ujjain, and the ghat and shrine that have grown around it. The tree is the object of worship rather than an image — a vat of great age, held in tradition to have been planted or blessed by Parvati, under which sadhaks have sat for their practice for as long as the city has records. The site is quieter than the temples of the old city and is used mainly for rites rather than for darshan.
Why is Siddhavat Temple significant?
Siddhavat takes its name from siddhi — attainment — and tradition holds that practice undertaken beneath the tree comes to fruition. It is counted among the sacred banyans of the Hindu tradition. The ghat here is one of the principal sites in Ujjain for shraddh, tarpan and the rites that follow a death, and for Naag Balli and Pind Daan, and families come from well outside the city for them.
During Simhastha the ghat is one of the bathing points on the Shipra.
Which rituals and festivals are held at Siddhavat Temple?
The tree is worshipped with water, sindoor and thread wound around the trunk; lamps are lit at its base. The ghat's main use is for ancestral rites, performed here through the year and particularly during Pitru Paksha in Bhadrapada.
Somvati Amavasya, Kartik Purnima and Mahashivratri bring the largest gatherings outside Simhastha. The Shipra runs directly below the ghat and bathing precedes the rites.
How do you reach Siddhavat Temple?
Siddhavat is on the Shipra north of the old city, roughly six kilometres from Ujjain Junction railway station and about five kilometres from Mahakaleshwar, along the same road as Mangalnath. Autos and cabs reach it; it is usually combined with Mangalnath and Sandipani Ashram.
The ghat steps can be slippery near the water. Indore airport is about 55 kilometres away.