Durga Mandir, Katihar

The public Durga temple, an important place of religious faith for the Hindus, is situated in the city of Katihar. Hundreds of years ago there used to be a monastery here, later a small temple was built 150 years ago. Later the template was expanded and the additional land for this temple was donated by Late Dinath Mishra and later his son got the temple constructed there. An idol of Durga made of Makrana marble was installed here in 1980. Marriage building, Seva Sadan, park, pond and community building were constructed by the executive committee in the temple premises, at present, to give more grandeur to this temple, a new huge and beautiful temple has been constructed here at a cost of about 25 Crores. is being done. The public Durga temple situated in the urban area of ​​the district is the biggest center of religious faith. A large number of local and foreign devotees throng here especially on the occasion of Sharadiya Navratri. The specialty of this temple is unbroken recitation and burning of unbroken lamp during Navratri. In the public Durga temple, which is known as an important center of religious faith, there is a tradition of offering khoichha by women on the Ashtami and Navami dates of Navratri. er, the maintenance and construction of the temple was also done by his sons. A Durga idol made of marble from Makrana, Rajasthan was installed here. After which this temple has come to be known as the center of continuous religious faith.