Ajmer: Nine types of Shaktiswarupa Mata are being worshiped throughout Navratri. There are innumerable Mata temples throughout the nation. Every temple of Mata has its personal glory. Similarly, in Ajmer there’s a temple of Mother of the World Durga Mata, the place Durga Mata seems in 9 types concurrently. This holy place of Navdurga Mata is located on Nag Pahari between Ajmer and Pushkar. In the sanctum sanctorum of the temple there’s a 9 headed clay statue of the Mother Goddess. Local folks name Navdurga Mata as Nausar Mata. This historic holy place of Navadurga Mata can be talked about within the mythological scriptures.
There is a really historic temple of Shri Navdurga Mata within the valley located on the Ajmer to Pushkar highway. This temple is legendary by the identify of Nausar Mata. Devotees maintain coming right here for darshan throughout Navratri. There is point out about Nav Durga Mata Temple in Padma Purana. To defend the Srishti Yagya from damaging powers, Lord Brahma had invoked Navadurga and worshiped her. Mother of the world, Mother Durga had appeared right here in 9 types to the daddy of the world Brahma. On the request of Lord Brahma, to guard the Srishti Yagya, Mother Goddess alongside along with her 9 types sat collectively on the face of Nag hill of Pushkar. At the identical time, in Pushkar forest space, Mother Goddess is current in 9 totally different types at totally different locations.
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The native folks have an unwavering perception that even at the moment Mother Nausar protects Pushkar, the town of Lord Brahma. Rama Krishna Dev, the pinnacle of Nausar temple, tells that the idol of Mata has 9 faces in a single physique. There isn’t any different divine and fantastic temple of Goddess Durga having 9 types of Nav Durga collectively. He informed that when Jagatpita Brahma, earlier than performing the Srishti Yagya in Pushkar, had worshiped Shiva and Shakti and invoked them. Four Shivalingas of Lord Shiva are put in in all 4 instructions in Pushkar. Similarly, 9 types of Adi Shakti Durga Mata are additionally current within the Pushkar forest space, who defend Pushkar. This is the holy place the place Mother Goddess had appeared to Lord Brahma in her 9 types. With this, Navdurga Mata obtained established right here. In Hindu faith, Nausar Mata is the household deity of many castes, therefore folks not solely from Rajasthan however from different states come to Ajmer to have darshan of Mata.
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Mother’s idol is fabricated from clay: Peethadhishwar Rama Krishna Dev tells that there’s a fantastic and divine statue of Mother Goddess with 9 heads seated below a giant rock. All the types of Navadurga Mata are collectively right here. The statue of the Mother Goddess, sitting below the rock for a lot of ages, just isn’t fabricated from stone, however of clay, which is mysterious in itself. Even after centuries have handed, time and circumstances haven’t had a lot impact on the clay idol of Mata. However, one head of the Mother has been repaired later.
Pandavas worshiped Shakti: According to Padma Purana, in Satyayuga, in Pushkar forest space, Brahma had established new powers on the tongue of Nagraj to guard the Yagya. Nag Pahad is taken into account to be the type of a snake. It is claimed that through the interval of exile in Dwapar period, Pandavas had stayed at Nag Pahadi of Pushkar, the place they worshiped Nausar Mata. After this the Pandavas established Pandeshwar Mahadev. Later the Pandavas constructed Panchkund on the foothills of Nag Pahad in Pushkar, which continues to be identified by the identify of 5 Pandavas.
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The kings of Chauhan dynasty additionally worshiped Shakti: Peethadhishwar Rama Krishna Dev tells that for the primary time within the eleventh century, earlier than Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan fought the battle of Tarain with Mohammad Gauri, Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan together with royal poet Chandravardai had worshiped the Mother Goddess for Vijayashree right here. In this conflict, Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan defeated Mohammad Gauri. The ancestors of Emperor Prithviraj Chauhan additionally used to come back right here to worship Nav Durga.
Even Aurangzeb couldn’t harm the statue: He informed that through the Mughal interval, when Aurangzeb had demolished Hindu temples, an try was made to wreck the Nausar Mata temple additionally. Some elements of the temple have been destroyed by Aurangzeb’s military, however Aurangzeb’s military couldn’t trigger any harm to the nine-form statue of Mata. Later the temple was rebuilt in Ajmer through the rule of Marathas. After this, as a result of lack of upkeep for a very long time, the temple began falling into disrepair.
Nausar Mata current in 9 types (ETV Bharat Ajmer)
This saint obtained the temple renovated 132 years in the past: He informed that Saint Budhkaran Maharaj had renovated the temple 131 years in the past. It was not simple to renovate the temple as there was no water supply close to the hill. Then the Mother appeared to Saint Buddhakaran in a dream and mentioned that there’s a large stone below the temple, if eliminated, adequate water can be accessible. Saint Budhkaran, on the orders of his mom, obtained an enormous rock eliminated, the place a pond crammed with candy water emerged. That pond nonetheless exists at the moment. It is believed that the water of this pond by no means dries up. After Saint Budhkaran, Saint Oma Kumari and after him his disciple Rama Krishna Dev are the Peethadhishwar of the temple.
Mother is the household goddess of many Hindu castes: Navdurga Nausar Mata is revered because the household deity of many castes. Nausar Mata is the household deity of many clans of Maheshwari neighborhood, many clans of Gurjar neighborhood, potter caste, oilmen, washermen, Brahmins and lots of clans of Meena caste. The descendants of the Gotra of those castes come from each nook of the nation to have darshan of the Mother Goddess. Devotee Manoj Gupta says that he has been coming to Mata’s temple every single day for 40 years. The needs of each devotee who comes right here is fulfilled. This is the rationale that when the devotees come to the temple, the connection of the devotees will get related with the mom endlessly. Mother Goddess undoubtedly protects her devotees in troublesome occasions. During Navratri, a good of devotees is organized within the courtroom of Mother Goddess. Especially on Ashtami and Navami, particular spiritual occasions, havan and bhandara are held within the temple of Mata.
