Durga Temple Where Holy Flame Is Burning For 101 Years

PATNA: In a small Durga temple, tucked in a narrow lane in the heart of Patna, an oil lamp burns unwaveringly and devotees throng to pray near it.

After all it is no ordinary flame. It it claimed that it has been burning continuously for the past 101 years and has been attracting people from all walks of life who come seeking fulfilment of their wishes.

"We call this 'Akhand Jyoti' (Uninterrupted flame). It has become a flame of faith as it has been burning incessantly in front of the idol of Goddess Durga here. We aptly called it Akhandvasini Temple," said Basukinath Tiwary, the main priest of the temple.

It was Basukinath's father late Vishwanath Tiwary, who brought the flame from Kamakhya in Assam to Patna in June 1914, after completing elaborate prayers and rituals. He converted a room in the house near the famous 'Golghar' a dome-shaped granary built by the British, into sanctum sanctorum and placed the flame there.

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