Sarya Tiwari is a village near Khajni town, 25 km from Gorakhpur. A unique Shivling of Lord Shiva is established here which is called Jharkhandi Shiva. It is believed that this Shivalinga is several hundred years old and has emerged on its own here. This Shivalinga is equally worshipped by Muslims along with Hindus as a Kalama (a sacred sentence of Islam) is inscribed on this Shivalinga. According to people, Mahmud Ghaznavi tried to break it, but he could not succeed.

After this, he wrote 'Lailahaillallalah Mohammadamdur Rasulullah' in Urdu so that Hindus would not worship it. Since then, the importance of this Shivling has increased and every year in the month of Sawan, thousands of devotees worshipped here.

Today this temple has become an example of communal harmony because Hindus, as well as Muslims in Ramadan, come here to pray. It is said that it is a Swayambhu Shivling. People believe that such a huge self-styled Shivling is only here in the whole of India. Lord Shiva definitely fulfils whatever devotees come to this court and pray.

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