Mata Vaishno Devi

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Mata Vaishno Devi

Everyday of the year a mass of humaity surges up steep pathways that cut across

the hillside for mile after mile. Popular belief holds that anybody who walks

the Himalayan trail to her abode to ask for a boon rarely goes back

disappointed. There are many who journey here year after year to pay obeisance

regardless of their faith or belief, creed or class, caste or religion, for Mata

Vaishno Devi transcends all such barriers.

 

As the legend goes, more than 700 years ago Vaishno Devi a devotee of Lord

Vishnu, used to pray to Lord Rama and had taken vow of celibacy. Bhairon Nath, a

tantric (demon-God) tried to behold Her. Making use of his tantric powers,

Bhairon Nath was able to see Her going towards the Trikuta mountains and gave

chase. The Goddess felt thirsty at Banganga and shot an arrow into the earth

from where water gushed out. Charan Paduka, marked by the imprints of Her feet,

is the place where she rested. The Goddess then meditated in the cave at

Adhkawari. It took Bhairon Nath nine months to locate Her, the reason why the

cave is known as Garbh Joon. Mata Vaishno Devi blasted an opening at the other

end of the cave with Her Trident when the demon-God located Her.

 

On arriving at the Holy Cave at Darbar, she assumed the form of Maha Kali and

cut off Bhairon Nath's head which was flung up the mountain by the force of the

blow and fell at the place where the Bhairon Temple is now located. The boulder

at the mouth of the Holy Cave according to the legend is the petrified torso of

Bhairon Nath who was granted divine forgiveness by the benevolent Mata in his

dying moments.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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