Naulakha Temple

About Naulakha Temple

Naulakha Temple's 146-foot white marble spire is visible from across Deoghar and serves as a second visual landmark alongside the Baidyanath Dham complex. The temple was commissioned by Rani Charushila Devi of Hetampur in the 1930s and built at a cost of nine lakhs — an enormous sum at the time — which gave it its popular name. The architecture draws on the curvilinear shikhara style of Vrindavan's Govind Dev temple, with the white marble construction giving it a luminous quality that contrasts with the older stone temples nearby. The sanctum houses idols of Radha and Krishna, and the temple follows Vaishnava worship practices — a distinct counterpoint to the Shaiva character of the main Baidyanath Dham complex 300 metres away. The daily aarti schedule includes evening prayer (sandhya aarti) when the white marble spire is lit and visible across the town. The interior of the sanctum is elaborately decorated with inlaid stone work and silver ornamentation. Naulakha Temple is invariably visited as part of the broader Deoghar temple circuit — most pilgrims visiting Baidyanath Dham walk or take an auto-rickshaw the 300 metres to Naulakha as part of the same visit. The temple's combination of architectural quality and Radha-Krishna devotion makes it particularly significant for Vaishnava pilgrims who may be less engaged with the Shaiva focus of Baidyanath.