Khatu Shyam Temple
Khatu shyam mandir: Khatu Shyam Temple located in Sikar, Rajasthan has been the center of faith of devotees for years. A large number of devotees from far and wide reach here and visit Khatu Shyam Baba. If you are planning to go to Khatu Shyam temple in September, then this news is for you. Khatu Shyam Temple is going to be closed for 48 hours. During this time, devotees will not be able to see Baba. Now you must be wondering why this is so. Read this article to know.
When will the Khatu Shyam temple be closed?
Khatu Shyam Temple will be closed from 6 September 2025 to 8 September 2025. The doors of Khatu Shyam Temple will be closed for the devotees from 6 pm on September 6 to September 8. On the evening of 8 September, Khatu Baba’s bath and tilak will be adorned, only after which the devotees will be able to see Baba. The Shri Shyam Temple Committee has requested the devotees not to come to visit Khatu Shyam ji at this time and cooperate in the arrangements of the temple.
Why Khatu Shyam Temple will be closed?
Actually, lunar eclipse is going to take place on 7 September 2025, which will last till 8 September. Even before the eclipse, his sutak period becomes valid, so Khatu Shyam Temple will be closed from 10 pm on September 6 to 5 pm on September 8. Then on September 8, Baba Shyam will see Baba Shyam after Tilak.
Why are temples closed at the time of eclipse?
The lunar eclipse in India will start from 9:58 pm on 7 September 2025 and it will end at 01:26 late on September 8. During this time the doors of all temples will remain closed. Religious belief is that inauspicious and negative energies increase in the atmosphere at the time of eclipse, so the doors of temples are closed so that negative effects do not affect the sanctity of the temple.
According to the scriptures, the rays of the Sun and Moon are not pure during the eclipse, so at this time the idols of God are covered with cloth or the doors of the temple are closed. After the eclipse ends, the idols of God are bathed in the temples. Only after this, worship starts again.
(Disclaimer: The information given in this news is based on religious beliefs and general information. TV 9 India does not confirm it.)