Location of Adhar Devi Temple, History of Adhar Devi Temple, Architecture of Adhar Devi Temple.
Location of Adhar Devi Temple:
This ancient Temple is also known as Abourda Devi Temple. It is situated at a distance of 3 Km North of Mount Abu City, District Sirohi, Rajasthan.
History of Adhar Devi Temple:
This Temple is dedicated to Goddess Durga.
There is a mention of this Shrine in ‘Sakandpuran’. This Temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of Goddess Durga. There is an Adharshila, a delicately balanced big boulder which has been worshiped from Centuries. It is said that this ‘Adhar’ is the lip (lip is called Adhar in Sanskrit) of Devi Sati, the Wife of Lord Shiva, who immolated herself in the Yajna of her Father Daksha Prajapati when she could not hear the insulting words against her husband. Lord Shiva carried the dead body of his wife and started the ‘Tandava’ (the dance of destruction) in anger. Then, Lord Vishnu cut the dead body of Devi Sati into pieces with his Sudarshan Chakra to protect the whole World from certain destruction. The Lip of Devi Sati fell here and got converted into Adharshila.
Architecture of Adhar Devi Temple:
There is a flight of 365 stairs carved into the mountain to reach the Temple. No human architecture is involved in the construction of this Temple. It is situated inside a natural cave in a big boulder and is reached by crawling through a small opening.
Visiting Hours in the Temple are:
The Temple remains open on all days from 7.15 A.M. to 7.30 P.M.
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