MANGALAGAURI GAYA
CONTINENT_AsiaCOUNTRY-IndiaSTATE-BiharDISTRICT-Gaya
Distance from
the national capital
Delhi
Distance from
the state capital
Patna
STDCode-0631HASL
500’RIVER-Falgu
APPROACH-The site is situated
in proper Gaya
The famous and important station on Delhi-Kolkata Grand chord railway line due to Pitripaksh sradh ceromoney fair.It can be reached
By NH2
through Dobhi-Bodhgaya-Gaya corridor road by
covering a
Distance of
about 28km from
the diversion at
Dobhi.
LANGUAGE-Magahi and
Hindi.LODGING-Middle class hotels lodges,
Lodges,Panda’s rest
shelters, Govt IB,railway rest
house etc all
are available to
stayFOOD-All variety of
food like rice pulse
sabji bhujia
Chokha litti
chatni Idli dosa
sambhar bada meat
fish egg burgar
loaf
Bread, buns
puri jalebi khubhilaee
tilkut anarsa etc
and snacks like
Sighara nimki
chats alongwith junk
foods like choumin,
magi all are
availableDRINK-Sweet water
is available for
drinking purposes besides
bottled and
branded drinksTRANSPORT-Autos
,cycle rickshaw ,prepaid
taxicars,and few
tam tams are
main conveyance for
local movements.
ABOUT THE
SITE—It is a
temple of goddess
Durga situated on
the
Eastern foothill
slopes of Brahmjoni
hill of Gaya, further east of Akshaya
But (the immortal
tree).One has to
rise about 125
steps to reach
the temple or to take
a car drive
to a short
meandering road.The isolated
Hillock is
called BhasmkutParwat
Pauranik-According to
mythological and Pauranik
story lord Shiva
took the burnt body of
Sati from the
ygya hawan kund
of Yaksh on
his shoulder and
went on dancing in he sky in mood to destroy the
universe
to remove
illusion from the
mind of Shiv
lord Vishnu cut
the parts
of the
body of Sati
by Sudarsan charka.These
parts felldown at different
places.As such those
places and parts
of the earth were
embossed with
powers of Sati. Or
became “Shakti piths” for
Hindus.
52such Shaktipiths
has been enumerated
in Tantra Churamani51
in Shiv Charitra 108
in Devi bhagawat . Besides it 26 sub
shaktipiths have also
been described in
Kalika puran.But in
general say 51
shaktipiths
are recognized.Out of
these 42 are
in India,4 in
Bangladesh,2 in Nepal
and one in Sri lanka
According to
religious literature the
Kalika puran two
important part
of the
body of Sati ,the
veginal region,felldown in
Kamakhya hills in Assam
and second the breast portion felldown in Bhasmkut hill
in Gaya ,
and form
the two boulders
where mother Mangala
gauri keeps her
daily presence.
The Temple—It
is in two
parts in form
of Canopy(mandap). The entry
door to the
temple opens in
eastern side.Only one
door is there
which
is very
constricted A lamp is
always lit in the
sancto sanctum “garve grih” of
the temple. A big idol
of Ganesh is
there in the
temple. A Molshree tree
is there in
the campus which
is loved by
goddess
Mangla gauri. A temple of
lord Shiv is
also there ,on
whose gate is
there to
be worshipped by
the devotees. Besides it
there are statues
of Hanuman,
Astbhuji Durga Smallganesh
and Kali in
the premises.
A Bhimpith
bedi is there
where Bhim gave
pind dan to his
dead ancestors by
bowing over his knee . The
load pressure of
his body
weight has
given two ditch marks over
the rock there
which can be
seen by the
visitors. There is a
defined pradakshina (round movement)
path(route) to
give rounds by the devotees.
FESTIVITY-Besides day
to day puja Tuseday
is the worship
day for
Mangala gauri.Aswin
and Chaitra navratra
provides special festivity
fairs at
the place.
VISITNG PEROD-All twelve month
PRECAUTION-General precaution
about security of
valuables.
GUIDE-District information
office.
REMARK—The site
has full prospect
of further development.Speciality
of this
place is that
one can perform his
own sradh ceremony and
pind dan in his life
time to get
moksh and mukti
after death.
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