Maa Bamleshwari Devi Temple, Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Chhatisgarh, India
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Maa Bamleshwari Temple
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Bamleshwari Devi temple is located at Dongargarh, Distt Rajnandgaon, in
Chhatisgarh state. There are two temples of Goddess, one on the top of a hill
(approx 1600 ft high) and one on the ground respectively known as Bari mata and
chhoti Bamleshwari Mata. Dongargarh is comprises of two words dongar and garh.
Dongar means hill and Garh means fort. It indicates that Devi is protected by
the hill and fort in all respect.
Main Diety
The
main Diety inside the temple is an iodol of Godess Bamleshwari coated with
vermilion looks magnificent. The goddess is believed to be the another form
(swaroop) Mata Baglamukhi of kangra district in Himachal. Godess
Bamleshwari blessed their devotees with power for being victorious in the
battle of life.
History of the Temple
In
the ancient time, this place was known as Kamawati and ruled by the king named
Kamsen. He was a great devotee and much blessed by Godess Bamleshwari. He was the
lover of art and music .A beautiful dancer Kamkandala and a great musician
Madhawanal were under the control of his regime. Once the king awarded with his
own necklace, after being pleased by there presentation of dance. Kamkandala
and Madhvanal both fell in love and Madhawanal handed over the Neclace to
Kamkandala. Seeing this the king became angry and gave exile to Mdhavanal from
his teritory. Then Madhavanal went Ujjain and explained about his
distress to the king Vikramaditya.Vikramaditya was very much pleased by his
performance in art and music. The king agreed to help Madhvanal and requested
king Kamsen to release kamkandala from his custody. King Kamsen did not agreed
from his proposal and refused. After refusal the battle started between them. Both
the king were the real devotees of Mahakal and Mata Bimla. Seeing the bad
effects of battle, God mahakal requested Mata Bimla to forgive Vikramaditya for
this deed.Then the both God & Goddess blessed Kamkandala and Madhavanal. Thus,
they became one. Since then Mata Bimla
became Bamleshwari Devi and the Main Diety of the inhabitants of Chhatisgarh.
Festivals
The
main festival celebrated here are two Navratra during Dussera and hindi month
Chaitra. During this period people from all over the state come here in large
numbers and celebrate Puja and lighting Akhand jyotikalash during
Navratra. A large fair is also organized during this period.
Hawan kund
Hawan
(worshiping fire God) is conducted every Sunday 10:00 am to 12 noon.
This is the only Temple where RED CHILI is used in Hawan.
There are 1100 stairs and also ramp road upto the temple. Rope way service is also operated on payment basis.
Foot Way |
Rope way |
Accommodation
Accommodation facilities are available in Dharamshala
run by the Temple trust. Dongargarh is a small city. Low to medium budget hotels are available at
Dongargarh. For high budget hotels Rajnandgaon is the nearest district
town only 35 km away.
Places to visit
Hanuman ji Temple: There are two temples, one near choti
Bamleshwari Devi and one on the top of hill.
Lord Shiva Temple: On the 3/4th way to the main temple a beautifully
decorated temple of Lord Shiva is situated and visited by the devotees.
Hawan Kund
Hawan (worshiping fire God) is conducted
every Sunday 10 to12 noon. This is the only Temple where RED CHILI is used in
Hawan. This place Dongargarh is also famous pilgrimage
of Jain cult.
How to reach
By Rail
Dongargarh is a railway station on Howrah – Mumbai route. It
is well connected from aii over India and can be reached easily.
By Road
Dongargarh is well connected by good roads. The distance
from Rranandgaon is 35 km, from Durg 67 km and from Raipur the capital it is 105
km.
By Air
Raipur is the nearest airport and 115 km away. One can reach
the temple by his own car or taxi.
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