Naina Devi Temple, Himachal Pradesh |
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Naina
Devi Temple
City :- Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh
State :- Himachal Pradesh
Location :- North India
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Shiva’s consort Sati once burnt herself alive in Yagna to avenge
an insult to Lord Shiva. The distraught Shiva picked her corpse and
gyrated his horrified dance. Then Lord Vishnu unleashed his Chakra
and cut the Sati’s body into fifty one pieces to save the earth
from Shiva’s wrath. All the fifty one places - where parts of
Sati's body fell, became known as Shakti Peeths. It is believed that
Sati’s eyes fell at the place where this temple is situated.
Therefore, this temple is called Naina Devi.
Naina
Devi Temple is one of the fifty-one Shakti Peeths in India. Situated
60 km from Bilaspur district in Himachal Pradesh, Naina Devi Temple
is one of the highly venerated Shakti Temples in India. According
to Hindu mythology, sati, consort of Lord Shiva, killed herself
by jumping in the sacrificial fire when her father Daksha Prajapati
insulted her husband. This enraged Shiva who started roaming the
entire universe with the body of Sati in his arms. Lord Vishnu dismembered
the dead body of Sati to calm down the anger of Shiva. Various body
parts of Sati fell at fifty-one different places in India that later
became sacred as Shakti Peeths.
The
charming hill resort of Nainital gets its name from the Goddess
Naina Devi. A temple dedicated to the deity stands here. The Naina
Devi temple is situated atop Naina hillock in Nainital. Thousands
of pilgrims gather here every year around September to worship Goddess
Parvati. The temple of Naina Devi is situated about 7 miles from
Anandpore Sahib on Bhakra Nangal rail –line. The temple is
situated on Shivalik Mountain and devotees have to cover a distance
of above 2 km on foot. It takes for the normal Devotee about half
an hour to reach the temple from the foothill.
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