This is a consecrated temple of Goddess Neel Saraswati, one of the forms of Tara Goddess. Tara is one of ten Dasmahavidhya goddesses. You can make offerings and go close to the Deity. There is space to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states effortlessly here.
How to get there
This temple is located at Neel Saraswati Than in Gairidhara.
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About Neel Saraswati Temple
The temple of Neel Saraswati located in Lazimpat, Kathmandu. The temple of Nilsaraswati, the presiding deity of the legislature, is very famous for the students. These idols of Saraswati are seen holding harps, books and garlands in their hands. According to the Devmala genealogy, Gunakamdev is said to have established this temple. Some people have said that this idol is from the end of Mallakal period. This idol has been worshiped by Buddhists as Manjushri and by Hindus as Saraswati. On the day of Basant Panchami or Shri Panchami, worship is performed by Tantric method. In this temple, Saraswati Puja is also performed on the same day, so the students are very crowded in this temple.
About Tara
In Hinduism, the goddess Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, Tārā) is the second of the Dasa (ten) Mahavidyas or “Great Wisdom goddesses“, and is a form of Adishakti, the tantric manifestation of Parvati. Her most famous centre of worship is the temple and the cremation ground of Tarapith in West Bengal, India. Her three most famous forms are Ekajaṭā, Ugratara, and Nīlasarasvatī (Neelasaraswati or Neela Saraswati or Neelsaraswati).[1]
The commonly known origin of Tara is from the 17th chapter of the Rudrayāmala which describes the initial unsuccessful attempts of the brahminical sage Vasiṣṭha in the worship of the deity (his initial locations are usually placed by the ocean or in Kāmākhyā according to the Brahmayāmala) and the subsequent meeting of Vishnu in the form of Buddha in the region of Mahācīna and his eventual success by the means of kaula rites which employ the five makāras of Shaakta kaula tantra. She is also described as the form of the Atharvaveda (atharvavedaśākhinī).[2] Her Bhairava is described as Akṣobhya in the Todala tantra because he drank the deadly halāhala poison without agitation (a-kṣobha).[3] According to the Svatantra Tantra, Tara protects her devotees from difficult (ugra) dangers and so she is also known as Ugratārā.[4] The goddess is all-pervading and also manifests on Earth.[4] A devotee who attains success in her mantra is said to get the ability to create poems, gain a complete understanding of all the Shastras and attain moksha.[4]
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