Tara Devi Temple - In queen of Hills

Tara Devi Temple - Queen of Hills

Trekking - It makes you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller. Taradevi  temple is located on Tarav Parvat in the western side of Shimla town in Himachal Pradesh. The location of the temple on the hill top makes it appear that the Goddess  Maa Tara Devi seems to keep everyone under the protective gaze , showering innumerable blessings on her worshipers.
     
                          The history of this temple dates back to 250 years when the temple was built here. There is a belief that goddess Tara was brought to Himachal Pradesh all the way from eastern state of  Bengal. Hundred of years ago , a king from Sen Dynasty visited this area. This king had his family deity in the form of a small gold idol encased  in a locket,which he always wore on his upper arm. For many years the idol remained encased but in the 96th generation of sen dynasty, had an unusual experience while hunting in deep forest nearby the temple, where he had a vision of his holly family deity,  Maa TARA along with her dwarpal  Bhairav and Hanuman  Ji who expressed her keen desire to be unveiled    before the people. The raja immediately donated 50 bighas of land and got constructed a temple there.


I went to this holy temple in 2013, when I was doing my industrial training during my graduation in Shimla. We were 9 people there during our industrial training. It was Sunday and I was gone to my relatives home in solan(Himachal Pradesh) for the weekend. Then suddenly I got a call from my friend Neha that we are going to the temple and we will meet you  in Shogi nearby Shimla. I got ready to go for temple. But I reached Shogi earlier than my friends and I tried to contact them, but I was not able to connect. There was a metaled road going to the temple and there was also a trek to the temple. I decided to go through trek to get a close view of nature.

                                                               I was almost alone when I was moving towards the temple through the trek. It was an amazing experience  for me as I had never been single gone on any trek earlier. I reached the temple earlier than my friends who were comming through road by bus. Then we assembled there on the top  and  moved towards the temple.

We then went into the temple. We were feeling positive wives there. We also ate Bhandara  there, which was organised by the local people there. After having our lunch we decided to move back , but now we were planning to go through another trek which could lead us to nearby shimla directly. It was an awesome trek,  rather it was small but included a great touch of nature.

After walking through the Jungle we reached nearby railway line which comes under the national heritage. It was a great experience for me to visit that temple through trek. When someone goes to Queen of Hills Shimla , one must visit this place to take blessings of goddess and also to get in close touch with nature.

Bijli Mahadev - A symbol of Positivity

        The religious Trek  "A Symbol of Positivity"

Into the Nature I go, to lose my mind and to find my soul. Whenever I gets an opportunity to feel the nature , I never thinks to miss that opportunity.  I have deep faith in god  and positivity and I can even feel that positivity when I go deep into the nature. Bijli Mahadev is one of those places where I had experienced a great positivity. Bijli Mahadev is situated at a altitude of 2460m from sea level  in Kullu District of Himachal Pradesh. Bijli Mahadev is one of the most sacred temples of Himachal Pradesh. The temple is situated in a meadow  with a lush green forest in the surrounding

The place got its name after a miracle that occurs occasionally. The Shiv Lingam is struck by lightening and it breaks into pieces, then the priest of the temple collects all the pieces and joins them together with the help of butter that act as a adhesive. During Shivratri   a lot of devotees gather here to pay homage to lord Shiva.

I was privileged  by God to  go for this  temple in 2015. I was gone to my hometown mandi (H.P) during my vacations from NOIDA. One day I called upon some of my friends and planned to go Bijli Mahadev. We all decided to go there in the upcoming  weekend. I went to Kullu with one of my friend Ayush Vaidya  on Saturday and  we assembled in kullu(H.P)  with our other friends. We moved from Kullu at 10:30AM  in the morning . We had to go by transportable  road for 14 Km from main Kullu Bazaar to a village named "Chansari" The landscape was changing slightly as we moved deep into the Kullu valley. Weather was almost clear at that time. Sun was shining and  cool wind was also blowing as we were approaching more heights. We all who were going for the trek were batch mates during our graduation. We all were meeting after a long time So,were very enthusiastic  about the trek.

    We started our trek at 12:30PM . We were altogether  8 friends. Some local people were  also going to the top for taking the blessing of lord Shiva. As we moved on the trek, we were covered with deep forest around us . Nature was exhibiting its beauty  in a great manner. Trek was well maintained. Some tea shops were there in between the trek. We were moving slowly as the the trek was not so much lengthy. We had to cover a distance of  5 KM  and had to return back to kullu.

 

We reached at the top with in two and a half hour. As I was leading towards the top , I was feeling positive vibrations heading towards me. We first went to the temple to worship lord Shiva and then we meditated there for some time. The view was awesome from Bijli Mahadev. A panoramic view of Kullu and Parvati valley can be scene from the top.

Every move through our trek teaches us  something in different forms . I was feeling very much positive by going through  this trek  and it had impact on me for a very long time , still now when I am writing about my experiences, I am feeling goosebumps. 

I advice  each and every one  to go through this trek  and feel the charming beauty of nature and also get a feel of positive vibrations  from the supernatural powers.