Itanagar, Jan 1: Devotees from far and wide throng the historic Malinithan temple on New Year’s Day.

Malinithan is situated at Likabali in Lower Siang’s Arunachal Pradesh. The place is considered one of the most important tourist destinations, but it remains unfocused due to its lack of publicity.

Devotees from upper Assam throng the temple to take blessings from God. Every year on New Year’s Day, devotees come to this place to worship God.

After Kamakhya temple in Guwahati, Malinithan is one of India’s most famous shakti peethas, but very few people know about it.

Malinithan is an archaeological site containing the ruins of an early mediaeval-period temple on the northern bank of the Brahmaputra River in the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

It has been assumed to have been built by the Chutia kings in the 13th–14th centuries. Kechai-Khaiti, a tribal goddess found among the Bodo-kachari groups, or the Buddhist goddess Tara, is considered to be the chief deity worshipped in the ruined temple.

“For the first time, I have visited Malinithan temple and found it good because the temple is situated on a hilltop and is considered one of the Shakti peethas. I have also gone to Rukmini Temple by walking near more than 300 steps. I find the place beautiful, and I believe that tourists should visit the place. Earlier, I had no idea about the place, but my first visit surprised me enough to visit this place again,” said Mina Chakraborty, a tourist from Dibrugarh.

She further said, “The place was clean, and the temple committee has been taking care of everything. They have maintained everything in a beautiful manner. The archaeological ruins are also one of the most attractive areas of the temple. After the inauguration of the Bogibeel Bridge, people from Dibrugarh and Tinsukia can easily visit the temple and return. I feel that the place should be more promoted like other temples and shakti peethas in  India.”

Malinithan is a temple that has fallen into disrepair. Since the twentieth century, fragments of stones from the Malinithan temple have been discovered. Ruins of temples precious scriptures were discovered during a series of excavations in 1968, which ended in 1971.

Malinithan’s reputation as a holy place of prayer attracts many pilgrims. Archaeological evidence reveals that the temple was constructed of granite stones instead of the bricks used in most other temples in the Northeast.

The Arunachal Pradesh government has been doing everything possible to promote the tourism industry of the state, but it seems that places like Malinithan are not considered one of the most revered tourism places in the state.

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