Gorakhnath Math - गोरखनाथ मठ

The Gorakhnath Temple of Gorakhpur is a huge pilgrimage center that attracts thousands of devotees and tourists from across the country. The temple is dedicated to Bhagwan Shiva. This temple with greenery and white aura all around, is worshiped all over the world as the main peeth of the Nath sect (Guru Gorakhnath).

Shri Yogi Adityanath, the head of Gorakhnath Peeth, is one of the most popular politicians of BJP, he is popular as one time Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Chief Ministerial candidate in 2022 election. Therefore, this temple has great importance in the politics of Uttar Pradesh.

The history of Gorakhnath Temple in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh is very well explained in Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's autobiography by Shantanu Gupta titled The Monk Who Became Chief Minister.

Other temples dedicated to other Hindu bhagwan’s can be seen in the adjacent temples. The second hall houses life-sized statues of various saints and gurus of the \"Nath\" sect. You can find all the basic facilities in the campus. The roads leading to the temple are clean. The temple complex is large, very well maintained.

Gou Seva
In Hinduism, cows are considered sacred and viewed as a caregiver or maternal figure. Gorakhnath ji was extremely dedicated to rearing and serving the cows and thus following the same path, the gaushala in the temple is operated in a very hygienic manner.