Hanumant Dham

72 feet height tallest sculpture of Lord Hanuman is located at religious town SHUKRATAL belongs to MUZAFFARNAGAR district in the Indian state of UTTAR PRADESH. Shukratal is basically 27 kms away from the Muzaffarnagar railway station. It is located over the Bhopa road and comes just crossing the Morna village.

Shukratal is also known as Shukrteerth, which means Land of Praises. This is the town wherein as per the Hindu beliefs, around 5000 years ago, Rishi Shukdevji (son of Veda Vyasa, the writer of Mahabharat), was seen narrating the entire religious scriptures Shrimad Bhagwat (or Bhagwatam Puran) to King Parikshit Maharaj (grandson of Arjun and son of Abhimanyu) for duration of one week till he breath his last when was bitten by a snake. As per Hindus believe, this snake was King Takshak who was converted into a reptile due to the curse given by him.

Hanuman Dham :- 72 feet height idol of Hanuman, which is considered as one of the largest idol of Hanuman in the world built in year 1687. As per the historians, more than 700 paper chits with different God’s names have been put inside this idol. This idol is located close to Shukdev Temple, which is based over the banks of River Ganga. Just beside the Hanuman idol, one can find a number of rooms that are being constructed for residential purposes for the Saints, devotees and other visiting this religious town. In terms of location the idol of Hanuman too has a great importance. It is surrounded by a number of temples from different sides of Hindu Gods and Deities.

Vat Vriksha :- 150 feet height an old banyan tree, supposedly more than 5100 years old and still green today, is connected with times of Mahabharat (India’s Greatest Epic). As per Hindu belief, this banyan tree (Vat Vriksha) has been the entire episode of King Parikshit Maharaj, which has made this tree immortal for ages. It casts some of the most soothing king of shadows, while the branches of tree resemble to the hands of any God who shower his blessings on people coming to his refuge. The uniqueness of this tree is that one would not see any single fibrous practical roots coming out from it. Vat Vrikdha has become symbolic to peace and forgiveness wherein every year religious devotees come to take the blessings of God from this tree. The devotees do a parikrama (circling over the perimeter of Vat Vriksha) on foot.

Ganesh Dham :- 35 feet height grand statue of Lord Ganesha, one of the important deity of Hindu community. This Ganesh idol is considered as unique in many ways. Over right of the statue is immortal Vat Vriksha and to its left one can see the auspicious Tripatha river flowing. Over the bank side is Shukdeva Teela wherein the massive size of Hanuman idol is standing. All these factors simply add beauty to Ganesh Dham.

Shiv Dham :- 101 feet height huge idol of Lord Shankar, which makes it appear from faraway places. It also carries a number of other idols as well, which is located over the North West side of Shukdev Temple.

Durga Dham :- 51 feet height tallest idol of Goddess of strength and power as Durga Ma, which is just located near idol of Lord Shankar. There is a cave adjacent to Durga Mata idol, which was developed by a team of devotees based in Muzaffarnagar a couple of years before for spiritual activities like satsangs & meditations.