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Kusheshwar Asthan

town in Bihar, India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ107348874
Source-derived summary

Kusheshwar Asthan is a town and a notified area of the Darbhanga in the Indian state of Bihar. It is a holy sacred place of Hinduism. It is one of the most Famous Hindu temple Baba Kusheshwar Nath.

Religious significance

Kusheshwar Asthan, also known as Baba Kusheshwar Nath, is an important Hindu pilgrimage site. and is famous for the mela of Shrawan, 4th month according to the Hindu calendar system. Baba Kusheshwar Nath Temple is located in the eastern district of Darbhanga, Bihar, which is about 70 km southeast of the district headquarters. This temple is also known as Baba Dham of Mithila. It is situated at the confluence of three rivers and is dedicated to Lord Shiva. Many devotees come to the temple every day to worship and offer prayers. The temple doors open every day at 4 am.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Kusheshwar Asthan” as town in Bihar, India. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Kusheshwar, Asthan and town.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 140-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Kusheshwar, Asthan and town providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Kusheshwar Asthan”, the useful work is to connect “town in Bihar, India” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q107348874. Authority coordinates are 25.796, 86.285. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

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Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from Kusheshwar Asthan” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.