Secrets of uttarakhand : Story of the goddess of garhwal

Story of Goddess Dhari Devi

How can anyone forget the Kedarnath disaster that came in 2013, if thousands of lives have been lost, then many people have lost their mental balance, it is really not easy for anyone to forget the bite of this disaster. But what was the reason for this disaster, the answer to this question has been given on different grounds, science calls it a natural calamity, then people of religious faith call it God's outbreak.

Actually, the work of 330 MW hydroelectric project on Alaknanda river near Srinagar in Garhwal region was going on due to which the temple of Dhatri Devi of Garhwal, Dhari Devi was also submerged by the lake. To solve this, the company working on the project suggested that the temple of the goddess should be displaced by raising it above the height of the lake at the exact same place, as a result of which this is done just a day before the disaster. Whereas the local people were not in favor of this because they believed that by doing so the goddess would be angry and there would be divine wrath on her.

Although no matter how much faith and belief is attached to this matter, but people's doubts really go away after a day. Now believe it or not, but even after so much progress in human science, even today we cannot compete with nature, but religious faith has been a weapon that has been giving encouragement and emotion to human beings.

Friends, in this episode of Secrets of Uttarakhand, we will talk about Dhatri Devi, Dhari Devi of Garhwal, and some stories and true events related to her.

Generally in the temples of Maa Kali, the idol of the enthroned Maa Kali is shown in a rowdy form, but the idol of Maa Kali enthroned in the strip is the only such idol in which Maa Kali is shown in a calm form, the local people believe that the stripe In the Devi temple, the mother is seen in three forms during the day. In this temple, the mother changes three forms every day. Dhari Devi takes the form of a girl in the morning, a girl in the afternoon and an old lady in the evening.

Regarding the establishment of this temple, the local people and priests believe that the idol of Mother Kali has been established here since the Dwapar era. According to legends and legends, once the Siddhpeeth Kalimath temple was washed away in a severe flood, in which the idol of the less established mother Kali of the temple was also washed away with the water flow, but the statue went along with the water flow on a rock at a place called Dhari. After which the people of Dharo village had heard the divine voice of Dhari Devi that her statue should be installed at this place. After which the villagers had established the temple of Mata on the same rock in the middle of the river. Since then the place came to be known as Dhari Devi Temple.

This temple is located at a place called Kalayasaur in Pauri district of Uttarakhand, there is also evidence of this temple being related to Siddhpeeth Kalimath, that the idol of Maa Kali present here is half of this torso while half the statue is in Kalimath itself. Due to which the mother is worshiped in the name of Maithana.

Dhari Devi Temple has been the center of faith and miracles for centuries, due to which many folktales and beliefs are prevalent, according to one legend, mother Dhari was a sister with seven brothers, yet her brothers did not like her because she was dark. , after which after some time when they were of quantity seven, their brothers came to know that their planet is not auspicious for the brothers, after which there was more separation in their mind towards Mother Dhari. Slowly time passed but in the meantime all the five brothers of Dhari Devi die due to which two other brothers become very frightened and hold Mother Dhari responsible for this, and in anger they decide to kill Mother Dhari. take.
When the mother becomes 13 years old, both her brothers deceively kill the mother Dhari, they separate the head of the mother Dhari and throw it in the river, the severed head of this girl is flowing flowing from Kalyasaur near Srinagar. But reached. When a villager goes to fetch water in the river the next morning, he sees a girl on a rock in the middle of the river. He makes up his mind to save that girl, but in the sense of excessive water, he does not know how to do this and does not go away for fear of getting carried away, he is about to go back that sound comes from the severed head of that girl. That you come to me, I will convert that place where I step into a CD. After this, the place where the person steps, it turns into a CD and that person reaches the girl, but as soon as he lifts that girl, he gets scared because he was only the girl's head.

Seeing the person frightened, a voice comes from that head, so don't panic, I am in a divine form, install me in some holy clean place.

That person does the same and since then the goddess Dhari has been worshiped at this place.

Many such stories related to Mother Dhari Devi are heard when seeing the devotee in distress, the mother herself has stood by her.