It is believed that every wish gets fulfilled if you bow your head in the court of the mother. This temple is associated with the faith of Hindus as well as Muslims. There is a banyan tree in the temple which is hundreds of years old. Whose milk brings back the lost eyesight.
The temple of Shaktipeeth Barahi Devi is located 40 km away from the Gonda headquarters.
Shaktipeeth is the temple of Barahi Devi in Mukundpur of Sukar area of Tarabganj tehsil, located 40 km from Gonda headquarters. Here Navratri Lakhs of devotees reach there for the darshan of the mother. It is believed that every wish gets fulfilled if you bow your head in the court of the mother. This temple is associated with the faith of Hindus as well as Muslims. At the same time, there is a banyan tree hundreds of years old at the Barahi Devi temple. The shadow of that banyan tree covers the entire temple. It is believed that by applying the milk of thousands of years old banyan tree leaves in the eyes, the lost light comes back.
Two stories are prevalent about the temple. In one it is said that according to the legend Varaha Purana, when Hiranyaksha, the brother of Hiranyakashipu, had control over the whole earth. In such a situation, Lord Vishnu had to take the form of Varaha to kill Hiranyaksha. When Lord Vishnu worshiped Shakti to reach Hades, Maa Bhagwati appeared in the form of Barahi Devi on the banks of the Sukhnai river in Mukundpur. Lord Varaha went to Hades and killed Hiranyaksha from the tunnel located in this temple. After which this temple came into existence. Mata Barahi Devi established in the temple is known by some people as North Bhavani. At the same time, in the second story it has been told that the jaw of Mother Sati had fallen here, due to which it is a Siddha Peeth temple.
What do the priests of the temple say?
Priests Raghav Das and Yogendra Das tell that the tunnel in the temple is still safe. The lamp keeps on burning day and night in the Argha built above the tunnel. In the month of Navratri, the temple is decorated with different colors every day. Different forms of the mother are worshipped. Mother came to Earth for Mars in the beginning of creation, when the gods should have started the creation, they were unable due to lack of dry part on the earth.
Then Brahma ji meditated on Shri Hari, then it came to know that a demon named Hiranyaksha stole the earth and kept a fast burning all around it. Then to kill that demon, Lord Vishnu created a supernatural leela and appeared in the form of a mountain boar. After killing that demon, when Lord Vishnu in the form of Barah began to bring the earth up and came out of the water in the form of a pig, then Lord Barah began to be praised. At that very moment, Goddess Lakshmi appeared from inside the earth in the form of Mother Earth.
Lost eyesight is obtained from the milk of the banyan tree
There is a banyan tree hundreds of years old at the Barahi Devi temple. The shadow of that banyan tree covers the entire temple. It is believed that by applying the milk of thousands of years old banyan tree leaves in the eyes, the lost light comes back. During Navratri, the devotees of Mata keep influx. People from all corners of the country come here and apply to the mother. Mata Rani fulfills the wishes of all the devotees.
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