Saturday, 27 May 2017

The Hadimba Devi Temple ,Himachal Pradesh

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Good morning.(26th May 2017)

The Hadimba Devi Temple is one of the famous Hindu temple in Himachal Pradesh and is dedicated to the wife of Bhima, the Pandava. The Hadimba Devi Temple also called as the Hidimba Devi Temple.

Maharaja Bahadur Singh built the Hadimba Temple in the year

1533. It is an first cave temple dedicated to Hidimbi Devi, sister of Hidimba. Hidimba was supposed to be live here with her brother Hidimba. Born in the Rakshas family, Hidimbi Devi promise to marry one who would  conquer her brother Hidimba, who was supposed to be very adventurous and fearless.

The Hadimba Temple is associated with the legend of the Mahabharata. The Hadimba Temple is built to pay homage to Devi Hadimba. Hadimba Devi Temple is located in a hill station.

The another Narration is The Indian epic Mahabharata narrates that the Pandavas stayed in Himachal during their exile. In Manali, the strongest person there, named Hidimba and brother of Hidimdi, attacked them, and in the ensuing fight Bhima, strongest amongst the Pandavas, killed him. Bhima and Hidimba's sister, Hidimbi, then got married and had a son, Ghatotkacha. When Bhima and his brothers returned from exile, Hidimbi did not accompany him, but stayed back and did tapasya (a combination of meditation, prayer, and penance) so as to eventually attain the status of a goddess .

This temple constructed in pagoda style displays the finest example of wood carvings on it. The special feature of the Hadimba Temple is the roof that has the shape of a four tiered pagoda roof. The temple also swaggers, of its beautiful carved door made of wood.

In May every year, a fair is arranged in the temple of Hadimba. Another fair is held during Dussehra. The Hidimba Devi temple is built around a cave where Hidimba performed mediatation. It's sanctuary is built over a rocky crevice covered by a large rock that is worshipped as a manifestation of goddess Durga, an image of the goddess is also enshrined here.

Intricately Carved doors made of wood andhka "shikhar" made of wood with 24 meters tall is in the Hidimbi Devi Temple. The tower consists of three square roofs covered with timber tiles and a fourth brass cone-shaped roof at the top. The theme of the main door carvings is about the earth goddess Durga forms. By using whitewashed and mud-covered stoneworks, the base of the temple was made. It can be called as Dhungri Temple because of its location.

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