What Is The Mystery Of The Rain Temple

The Rain Temple

          India is incredible and so it's places. If I tell you that there is a temple in India that predicts rain will you believe? I think your answer will be "No. How is this possible? ". Even I was shocked to hear such a news. So I started my research about this temple. You will be shocked to know what I have found. This is 100% true. So let's go to find out what is this all about.

Rain Drops

          What is Rain? According to science rain is liquid water that have condensed from atmospheric water vapour and then become heavy enough to fall under gravity (Source: Wikipedia). The major source of rainfall depends on the moisture present in the atmosphere.


          Where nowadays the weather offices are unable to predict rain with 100% assurance, one temple of India predicts the rain and it's predictions never gone wrong.

Location of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, India

          Bhitargaon is a town in Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh, India. This place is famous for various ancient Hindu temples. There is a temple in Behta Bujurg village which is only 4.3 km from Bhitargaon. This temple is dedicated to Lord Jagannath. This place is protected by the Archeological Survey of India.

Structure of The Temple

          This temple has a very unusual shape. This temple looks like Buddhist stupa(mound). It  was built 11th century in the Gupta period. It is said that Gupta emperor Ashoka built this temple. Other than the sculpture of Lord Jagannath, different sculptures are also found in this temple. There is a sculpture of Lord Surya(Sun Deity) and a sculpture of Lord Vishnu resting on Sesh Naga. This temple is more than 100 years old and it is predicting rain for so many years. That's why this temple is known as The Rain Temple.


          Every year the accumulation of the water droplets on the ceiling of the temple indicates the intensity of rain of that year. If the size of the water droplets on the ceiling is big, it is believed that there will be a good rainfall and if it is small, then drought may occur. But surprisingly the water droplets on the ceiling of the temple disappears when monsoon comes.

Happy Farmer

          The farmers of the nearby villages depend on the indication of this temple. They start visiting the temple several times before monsoon to check the rainfall. They make their agricultural preparations according to the indication of rain. They even organise special prayers to please Lord Jagannath for good rain.

Unsolved Mystery

          Many research teams and scientists have visited this place to understand the phenomenon but the mystery of this temple is still unknown. It is still unknown that what is the source of water on the ceiling of this temple, from where do the water come and how it disappear in the time of monsoon.