Janjgir Champa
Pithampur village of the district is one of the religious places of Chhattisgarh. Here in the temple of Baba Kaleshwarnath, a fair is organized in the month of Sawan. On the occasion of Rang Panchami, the procession of Baba Kaleshwar Nath is also taken out in a silver palanquin and in the patronage of Naga Baba and Vaishnav Sadhus, he arrives among his devotees in the Panchmukhi form of Shiva and offers blessings to everyone.
Janjgir is Pithampur village on the banks of the Hasdev River, 7 km from the district headquarters. Here Shivji is seated in the form of Baba Kaleshwar Nath. Here on March 19 on the day of Rang Panchami, a procession will be found in a silver palanquin in Baba Kaleshwar Nath Panchmukhi form. Naga Sadhu and Vaishnav Sadhus will come from all over the country to join it as a procession and take a royal bath in the Hasdev river.
The philosophy of Kaleshwarnath relieves chronic disease: priest
Priest Narendra Tiwari said that on the fifth day of Holi, the procession of Baba Kaleshwar Nath in Pithampur village here will be taken out with pomp in the silver palanquin. According to tradition, on this occasion, the Naga Sadhu of different akhadas of the country will join the procession and demonstrate the akhadas. Thousands of people reach from far and wide to see it. It is believed that with the mere vision of Baba Kaleshwar Nath of Pithampur, the child gets children. Chost related diseases are also relieved.