This is a consecrated temple of Naina Devi Temple.
There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to Get there
The temple is located 22 kms North of Anandpur Sahib. You can get shared jeeps or buses to the temple.
Map:
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About Naina Devi
Shri Naina Devi Ji
Shri Naina Devi Temple is located on an altitude of 1177 meters in Distt. Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh. Several mythological stories are associated with the establishment of the temple.
According to a legend, Goddess Sati burnt herself alive in Yagna, which distressed Lord Shiva. He picked the corpse of Sati on her shoulder and started his Taandav dance. This horrified all deities in the heaven as this could lead to holocaust.
This urged Lord Vishnu to unleash his Chakra that cut the Sati’s body into 51 pieces. Shri Naina Devi Temple is the place where eyes of Sati fell down.
The Story Of Lord Shiva And King Daksha
The scripture of Devi Bagwati Purana reflects the conflict between Lord Shiva and King Daksha, father of Maa Sati. Once king Daksha did not invite Lord Shiva in one of the ‘Yajnas’; and Devi Sati, wife of Shiva, went to attend it without any invitation in spite of Shiva’s utterance, “don’t go, you will feel bad;” consequent upon this she felt humiliated to the extent and got too infuriated to enter the holy fire of the ‘Yajna’ and ended her life through yogic practices there and then only.
On hearing about this unfortunate incident, Lord Shiva reached the place and desperately wandered across the earth in search of her. It warned all the Gods and for ending this misery Lord Vishnu through his ‘Sudarshan Chakra’ destroyed the body of Devi Sati into pieces and the places where different parts of her body fell are the present day ‘Shakti Peeths.” Her eyes fell on the Trikut Mountain and subsequently the place was named ‘Shri Naina Devi Ji.’
Mahishalya Peeth Mahatammay
According to Devi Bhagwati Purana, in ancient times, the earth was inhabited by two extremely cruel powerful but childless demons, named Rambh and Krambh. Vaaman Purana maintains that in order to be blessed with a male child both demons severely prayed in the pious land of Panjab for years and years. Lord Indra, Chief Devata (God) tried to kill them but was able to slay Krambh only, however, Rambh survived. In despair Rambh offered himself to the holy fire but ‘Agni Dev,” (God of fire), appeared and asked him not to immolate himself. Rambh prayed to Agni Dev for a child as a blessing; Agni Dev told him that he will get a son from a female creature whomsoever he will be attracted to. After receiving the boon, Rambh got attracted towards a buffalo (Mahishi); Mahishasur was named after his mother (Son of Mahishi). Mahishasura also did severe penance for Lord Brahma, who blessed him with a boon that he will not be killed by any human, demon or deity, and will be killed only by some “Ajanama” (unborn) woman. The demon ignores the possibility of being killed by any unborn woman and starts creating havoc on the earth.
The deities go to Brahma Ji in sorrow, who along with the deities goes to meet Shiva on Mount Kailasha; Shiv along with Brahma Ji and other gods narrate the story to Lord Vishnu Ji. All of them together start worshipping ‘Adishakti’ on the banks of river Sutlej. As a result, a bright beam of light appears from which Adishakti Dugra Bhavani’ emerges. All the deities offer their weapons and power to Adishakti who kills Mahisasura and his demonic army. At that time, all the gods and sages seated in the sky hail the goddess with the salutation ‘Jai Maa Naina, Jai Maa Naina. Due to this Maa Mahishasur Mardini Durga is popularly known as ‘Naina Mahish Mardini.” The place where Mahishasura was killed is known as ‘Mahishaley Peeth. This ‘Peeth’ is very significant and the popular belief is that all the wishes are fulfilled at the lotus feet of the Goddess, Shri Naina Devi Ji.
Shruti of Naina Gujjar
It is a popular belief that in the middle of the eight century, Prince Virchand of Chanderi, India established his rule in this region. Naina, an ‘Ahir’ cow herder, used to graze king’s cows in the vicinity. Every day one cow used to stand on a stone rock and a stream of milk would start pouring down.
The king had a vision of ‘Pindi’ in his dream, he goes there, and afterwards he starts worshipping the ‘Pindi’ as ‘Naina Devi Ji. Later he established a grand temple at the place. In the third chapter of the historical poem, Shivansh Vinod pens this down:
