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A legend says that after Goddess Sati sacrificed herself in the honor of Lord Shiva in her father’s Yagya. Shiva took her body on his shoulder and started Tandav. In order to stop him from destroying the world Lord Vishnu divided the body of Sati into 51 parts with his Chakra. The left breast of Sati fell at this spot, thus making it a Shakti Peetha. The original temple was built by the Pandavas at the time of Mahabharatha. Legend says that one day Pandavas saw Goddess Durga in their dream in which she told them that she is situated in the Nagarkot village and if they want themselves to be secure they should make a temple for her in that area otherwise they will be destroyed. That same night they made a magnificent temple for her in the Nagarkot village. This temple was looted a number of time by the Muslim invaders. Md Gaznavi looted this temple at least 5 times, in the past it used to contain tonnes of gold and many ghantas made of pure silver. In 1905 the temple was destroyed by a powerful earthquake and was subsequently rebuilt by the government.

Temple structure

The main gate entrance has a Nagarkhana or drum house and is built similar to the Bassein fort entrance. The temple is also surrounded by a stone wall like a fort.

Inside the main area Goddess Bajreshvari is present in the form of Pindi. The temple also have a small temple of Bhairav. In front of the main temple an idol of Dhayanu Bhagat is also present. He had offered his head to the Goddess at the time of Akbar. The present structure has three tombs in it, which is unique in itself.

Tourist Places Near Mata Bajreshwari Devi Temple

  1. Gupt Ganga
  2. Achhra Kund
  3. Jayanti Mata
  4. Suraj Kund
  5. Fort Kangra
  6. Chakkar Kund
  7. Kurukshetra Kund
  8. Virbhadra Temple
  9. Lanka Kund (Lanka Garh)

Distance from Mata Bajreshwari Devi Temple

  1. Mcleodganj = 30 K.m
  2. Palampur = 36 K.m
  3. Pathankot = 90 K.m
  4. Kangra air port (Gaggal) = 08 K.m
  5. Jawalaji Temple = 35K.m
  6. Chintpurni Temple = 70 K.m
  7. Nainadevi Temple = 175 K.m
  8. Shimla = 220 K.m
  9. Manali = 200 K.m

Administration

Chief Commissioner Temple

Language and Culture Department Of H.P at SHIMLA sanju

Assistant Commisioner (Temple)-Cum

S.D.M. Kangra
Name :- Sh Abhishek Verma (I.A.S )
Contact No. 01892-265024
Email sdm-kangra-hp@nic.in

Commissioner (Temple) –cum

DC Kangra at Dharamshala
Name :- Shri Hemraj Bairwa
Contact No. 01892-222705
Email dc-kangra-hp@nic.in

Temple Officer

Mata Sh. Bajreshwari Devi Kangra
Name:- Smt. Neelam Kumari (Tehsildar)
Contact:- 01892-265073
94188-33013
Email Bajreshwaridevi998@gmail.com

Temple opening and closing time

In the winter

Morning 5:00 AM to AfterNoon 12:00 PM
AfterNoon 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM For Bhog
AfterNoon 12.30 PM to Night 9:30 PM

In Summer

Morning 5:00 AM to AfterNoon 12:00 PM
AfterNoon 12:00 PM to 12:30 PM For Bhog
AfterNoon 12.30 PM to Night 9:30 PM

Aarti Timing

In the winter

Morning 6.00 AM to 7.00 AM
12.00 PM to 12:30 PM For Bhog
Evening 7.30 PM to 8.00 PM

In Summer

Morning 5.30 AM to 6.00 AM
12.00 PM to 12:30 PM For Bhog
Evening 7.30 PM to 8.00 PM

Achhara Kund

The ancient name of this place was the Upper Kunda, which is now known as Apara from the name of the Achara Kund. This temple or kund variety is situated in a cave of hill near Ganga. Where there are many streams of water The main waterfall falls from a height of 25 feet. It is very pleasant place. In the ancient times, the king full lived here. Through the influence of austerity, the king was posthumously honored as the lord of heaven. When the king reached heaven, King Indra asked that you have a child, the king has surrendered, I am childless. Indra said that a sonless man does not have the authority to enter the heaven. He gives you one nymph. Before going into human beings, you first create the child. After that, you have the complete right to live in heaven. Raja Puran Vasu was a successful master and a devotee of Lord. Then he was fascinated by seeing the beautiful apsara and took him along with him. They got four children. Apskara, the court of the Kutch years, told the king that my work was complete which was entrusted to me. So I go back to heaven. After that, Raja Puran also gave up his life after knowing life in vain. Those women who do not have children by bathing here, surely they have children.

Ancient Bhairav ​​Statue:-

There is an ancient statue of the entrance and further Bhairav. It is said that this miraculous statue is 5000 years old. As a sign of any divine disaster, famine, earthquake, pandemic, tears from the eyes of the bereaved and sweating from the body begins.

Mata Tara Devi Temple

The ancient temple of Taradevi in ​​the north-east along with the temple of the zodiac. This temple is small in the peak style and did not collapse in the earthquake of 1905 AD. Inside there is Tara Mata’s marble statue. On the outside walls, there is the sculpture of the Asphalt stone of the Chambu couple. It is said that they were the singers of Gods. When they were proud of their musical proficiency, the Gods cursed them to be euphoric.
On the wall of the temple, there are statues of Mahishasurmardini and on the left and Sheetla Mata statues.

MahaRaja Ranjeet Singh

During his reign, Maharaja Ranjit Singh came to the temple of Pancharava Devi. Here he offered a number of knives, some of which are still safe. Among them, the jewelery offered by Queen Chanda, the idol of Maharaja Ranjit Singh Ji’s own gold statue and a 5 gold plate plate on which the photo of Raja Ranjeet Singh ji was taken. Exists in the temple.

Yagyashala & Hawan Kund

Mata Shree Bajreshwari Devi Mandir Complex is a grand yagya in Kangra, which the devotees and devotees want to devote their devotional Havan Yagya can contact through the online office of the temple officer. Any devotees and devotees who want to contribute to the Havan Yajna can give it to the Temple’s bank account online or via receipt.

Chakkra Kund

It is believed that the cycle of Bhagwati was dropped here. Therefore, this cycle is known as Kunda. With the Chakra Kund itself, Brahmankund is. Brahma-Vishnu-Shankar, after receiving the curse of Sati Vrunda, worshiped Mother Goddess Bhabharshwari Devi Ji by bathing here. She had committed the sin by slaughtering the Jalandhar monster. Shaving here was performed by bathing and seeing here. This tank is accompanied by a tank named Shri Sarovar. It is believed that these three ladies (Brahmani-Rudrani-Lakshmi) had a bath center, after the execution of the Jalandhar monastery, the three powers had been bathed here.

KururKshetra Kund

Bathing has special significance in this pool. Bathing gives the ancestors (phetto) to be saved. There is an increase in childhood and wealth grains in the lineage. By bathing in the solar eclipse, the sins of three births are destroyed. The virtue that Kurukshetra meets with bathing in the abdomen, equals the virtue of bathing in this pool.

LankaGarh

The ancient name of this place was Lanka Kund because this place was in the shape of an island. There was water around it. In ancient times, King Kesbhatta was the King of Kangra Fort. King Rani of a wise second state came here as a guest. That queen wore a gold necklace embroidered nine-necklace in neck. And he was proud of that. For some time, he was staying in the King Ranchi guest house and King Rajbhata fort. When he left the fort, the queen asked the king to give me the same defeat. At that time, King ‘s queen used to fill water from the well with raw thread and raw clay pit because her body was sacred, the gold diamond pearl jewelry or any other ornament of any sin on her body was not. In order to fulfill this wish of the king, King taxed the tax on half of his taxation on the people of his principality, and with the money of that tax, the golden diamond turned pearl necklace for the queen when the queen was wearing raw necklace and raw If the clay pitches to fill the water with the well, then the pottery and the thread of the thread broke down, because the king of King’s queen also earned the golden crown of pearl on the body of the pearl. In the year 1915-16, when the king of King stared at Lankan, but there was no means of going there at that time, King filled the water around this place and filled it with water to fulfill this stubbornness of the queen. And said to the queen that this is the only one and you can only visit it. From this time on, this place is known as Lankka Kund. This place was donated to the monastery, and the King’s master Mahatma Lanka used to live in this place from Lanka to Akhada in the name of Lankan Kund Akhara. It is also said that a wise man was killed here, who studied his book, it was found that his death should have been in Lanka. Here the name of this place is known as Lanka Garh.

Langar Facilities

Temple devotees have been arranged for anchor of both times by the temple trust, the time of anchor is from 12:30 am to 2:30 pm and from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm, in which devotees The administration of free rooftops is distributed. This anchor system runs in collaboration with the devotees coming to the temple, in which devotees spend about 700 to 1200 devotees daily. Apart from this, the anchor facility is done from morning breakfast to night meal during Navratri fairs. The devotees and devotees are requested to give their donations for the anchor as a result of their contribution.