The Shri Gorakhnath Temple is a sanctuary of the Nath devout request gathering of the Nath custom. The name Gorakhnath gets from the middle age holy person, Gorakshanath (c. eleventh century), a yogi who traversed India and wrote various writings that structure a piece of the standard of Nath Sampradaya. The Nath convention was established by master Matsyendranath. This math is arranged in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India inside huge premises. The sanctuary performs different social and social exercises and fills in as the social center of the city.

Gorakhpur takes its name from Gorakhnath, who was a holy person of the ‘Nath Sampradaya’. A place of worship called Gorakhnath Mandir (Uttar Pradesh) was implicit his honor at the area where he did his Sādhanā. The Gorakhpur area involves the regions of Maharajganj, Kushinagar, Deoria, Azamgarh, Mau, Ballia and parts of Nepal Terai. These zones, which might be known as the Gorakhpur Janapad, were a significant focal point of the Hindu Vedic culture.

Gorakhpur was a piece of the realm of Kosala, one of the sixteen Mahajanapadas in the sixth century BC. The sun powered line of Kshatriyas, whom are accepted to have controlled the territory, included Lord Rama. Gorakhpur stayed a fundamental piece of the recent domains of the Maurya, Shunga, Kushan, Gupta and Harsha administrations. The historical backdrop of the math has likewise been depicted in the account of Yogi Adityanath – The Monk Who Became Chief Minister, composed by Shantanu Gupta. The site of Gorakhnath Mandir portrays its set of experiences and the assaults which the sanctuary needed to bear occasionally.

The Gorakhnath temple is seen as the main Nath establishment, among other Nath monasteries such Fatehpur Sikri and Asthal Bohar. The temple grounds reach across 52 acres of land in the heart of Gorakhpur. Within the temple are various hallways and rooms celebrating a variety of deities. First is Gorakhnath’s personal chamber samadhi. The room once housed a statue of him but has since been replaced with footprints. It also holds his prayer seat where he held his seated pose once he returned from his travels. Leading out of the chamber is a gallery of statues including Siva, Ganesh, Kali and Bhairav. Another room contains the nine Naths found in statue form accompanied with other statues. When exiting the gallery surrounding Gorakhnath temple, there are other rooms and portraits allocated for other Hindu deities. Not only is the seat of Gorakhnath a defining feature of the temple, the eternal flame (Divya Joyti) is also held in the temple. It is said to have been burning since the time of Gorakhnath himself. Gorakhnath also known as passionate in raising and serving cows. The temple maintains a cow shed Goshala on the premises as one of the many references to the life of Gorakhnath and the goals of maintaining the sacrality of the animal. Away from the main temple, the residential spaces for current practicing ascetics can be found. Gorakhnath Math is a large pilgrimage center as well. All of these spaces within the temple grounds bring thousands of devotees as well as tourists.