Adinath Temple is located on top of the Mainak hill, about 85.3m above the sea level, in village Thakurtala under Gorakhghata Union in maheshkhali upazila of Cox’s Bazar district.
One can reach Gorakhghata by boat from Kastarighat of Cox’s Bazar.
There is no authentic proof to connect Gorakhghata or the temple with Goraksanatha, the guru of the Natha community. It may be that one of the disciples of Goraksanatha may have named the ghat at Maheshkhali after the guru. Natha philosophy evolved out of the long association of the Saivites with the Buddhists and in the 10th-11th centuries emerged Tantric Shastras. Adinatha (variants Matsyendranatha or Minanatha) emerged through this process of evolution. Nathism represents the folk religion of Bengal based on mantra-tantra and asceticism.
From the very early days of the temple an annual fair is held here on the Shiva Chaturdashi or the 14th day of the darker half of the month of Falguna. The fair lasts for eight to ten days and many pilgrim.
