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Recently visited Chintpurni Temple with my cousins. Chintpurni Temple is about one and half hour drive from my home town-Hoshiarpur here in Punjab.
Chintpurni Temple is one of the sacred pilgrimage destinations of Himachal Pradesh. One of the revered deities, Chintpurni Temple is one of the Shakti Peeth’s of Hindu Goddess Durga that draws a number of pilgrims every year during the festivals. The devotees believe that the Goddess of this temple fulfills the wishes of the pilgrims and takes away all their troubles & worries, Hence known as ....... "Chintpurni"
Dedicated to Goddess Chhinnamastika Devi and Goddess Chintpurni Devi, the Chintpurni Devi Temple is revered by people of Northern India. The image which is worshipped in the Chintpurni Temple depicts Goddess Durga without a head and therefore it gives her the name Chhinnamastika Devi which means ‘the Goddess without the head’. It is also believed Sati’s feet had fallen here after it was cut by Vishnu’s Chakra. There are other myths which say that the Goddess had asked one of her devotees to worship her in a temple over here.
Chintpurni Temple is visited by a number of devotees during its festivals. Especially during the Navratris held in the time of April and October and also during Shukalpaksh in August. The Chintpurni Devi Temple is also the venue for a number of other festivals of North India. The Sawan Ashtami Fair is also celebrated with great fervor in the Chintpurni Devi Temple.
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In this diptych: side view of "Chintpurni Temple" and a woman tie the sacred crimson thread on to the banyan tree in the sanctum of the 'Chintpurni Temple', The belief is that you tie the thread wishing for your heart's desire and when it is granted by the Goddess you come again to the temple to untie the thread and thank the Goddess for her blessings.
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Recently visited Chintpurni Temple with my cousins. Chintpurni Temple is about one and half hour drive from my home town-Hoshiarpur here in Punjab.
Chintpurni Temple is one of the sacred pilgrimage destinations of Himachal Pradesh. One of the revered deities, Chintpurni Temple is one of the Shakti Peeth’s of Hindu Goddess Durga that draws a number of pilgrims every year during the festivals. The devotees believe that the Goddess of this temple fulfills the wishes of the pilgrims and takes away all their troubles & worries, Hence known as ....... "Chintpurni"
Dedicated to Goddess Chhinnamastika Devi and Goddess Chintpurni Devi, the Chintpurni Devi Temple is revered by people of Northern India. The image which is worshipped in the Chintpurni Temple depicts Goddess Durga without a head and therefore it gives her the name Chhinnamastika Devi which means ‘the Goddess without the head’. It is also believed Sati’s feet had fallen here after it was cut by Vishnu’s Chakra. There are other myths which say that the Goddess had asked one of her devotees to worship her in a temple over here.
Chintpurni Temple is visited by a number of devotees during its festivals. Especially during the Navratris held in the time of April and October and also during Shukalpaksh in August. The Chintpurni Devi Temple is also the venue for a number of other festivals of North India. The Sawan Ashtami Fair is also celebrated with great fervor in the Chintpurni Devi Temple.
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In this diptych: side view of "Chintpurni Temple" and a woman tie the sacred crimson thread on to the banyan tree in the sanctum of the 'Chintpurni Temple', The belief is that you tie the thread wishing for your heart's desire and when it is granted by the Goddess you come again to the temple to untie the thread and thank the Goddess for her blessings.