Pyuthan’s headquarters is 26 kilometres from Khalanga. The Swargadwari Ashram is located on a hill at a height of about 2,122 metres (6,960 ft) in West Swargadwari. Yajna has been going on here continuously for 100 years now. There is a pagoda style temple of Lord Shiva.
Swargadwari Mahaprabhu built this shrine. There is a cave some distance to the south-east of it. There is Havankunda with the idols of Panchayan deities (Goddess, Ganesh, Surya, Vishnu, and Shiva) for the purpose of the yajna.
There are nine temples with nine passes can be seen from outside.
There is a main bigger pond in the middle of the shrine. There are four other ponds in Vidisha, a temple of Panchayan deity in four directions. The temple is in the main pond, which is in the middle. The ashram has Yajnashala, the palce of Swargadwari Mahaprabhu’s Samadhi, Gurukul, Gaushala, Shivalaya, Rakhal Maharaja’s Samadhi Mandir, Mahaprabhu’s Tapasthali Baz tree, Siddhasthan are just located above the ashram.
Classical significance
There is a legend that this place is called Swargadwari, since the sages lived in this place in ancient times and went to heaven. There is a belief that the five Pandavas performed yajna there and started their spiritual march towards Sworgalok through the Himalayas.
Panchadeval of the Pandavas
The Devel is located at the Dasharathchanda municipality ward no. 1 in the middle of Dewalhat village, Baitadi. There are idols of Shivalinga and Sahasralinga in the deval and Shivakunda is just near by the Panchadeval.
Some believe that the Pandavas built this Panchadeval in one night during their Banabasa. While building a wall, only half of it was built due to light. Even though it is called Panchadeval, all together seven devals are in existence today. There are separate temples for Kunti and Draupadi.
