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A white pyramid-roofed temple beside a red-roofed hall on the grass at the Haidakhan Temple
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Photo: Harshit SR · CC BY-SA 4.0
temple11 min from Ranikhet

Haidakhan Babaji Temple — the Shiva temple at Chilianaula

The Haidakhan Babaji Temple at Chilianaula near Ranikhet: a Shiva shrine built by the teacher Haidakhan Babaji, 11 minutes from town, with its ashram.

What it is

The Haidakhan Temple at Chilianaula, a small town just outside Ranikhet, is a Shiva temple built by Haidakhan Babaji. He was a religious teacher who, by his followers' account, appeared near the village of Haidakhan in 1970, taught in public until he died in 1984, and is buried at the Haidakhan ashram.

Photos: Harshit SR (CC BY-SA 4.0) — via Wikimedia Commons, resized.

The ashram

Wikipedia says the Haidakhandi Samaj keeps ashrams at Haidakhan village and at Chilianaula, called the Anandpuri Ashram, and that the Chilianaula ashram offers free medical services, including cataract surgery and a dental clinic. The community also has followers in Europe and the United States.

Getting there

By road it is about 4.7 km and 11 minutes from the centre of Ranikhet on our routing. Wikivoyage lists a guest house run by the state tourism body at Chiliyanaula, about 4 km out; we have no verified rates or booking rules.

Combine it with

The Jhula Devi Temple is on the other side of the town, and the one-day plan puts the two in order. See things to do in Ranikhet and when to visit.

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Questions people ask

What is the Haidakhan Babaji Temple?

A Shiva temple at Chilianaula, about 4 km from Ranikhet by Wikipedia's figure, built by Haidakhan Babaji, a religious teacher whose public teaching ran from 1970 to his death in 1984. His followers keep an ashram at Chilianaula, called the Anandpuri Ashram, and another at Haidakhan village.

How far is it from Ranikhet?

About 4.7 km and 11 minutes by road on our routing from the centre. Wikipedia says about 4 km. Wikivoyage lists Chilianaula as a small town about 4 km out, with a guest house run by the state tourism body. It combines easily with the Jhula Devi Temple on the same morning.

Can visitors go in?

It is a place of worship and an ashram community, so visitors are expected to be respectful: dress modestly and ask before photographing people or services. We have no verified opening hours or rules for staying at the ashram, so ask locally or at the ashram before you travel.