KHEER BHAWANI TEMPLE


Kheer Bhawani or Ksheer Bhawani Temple is situated at Tulmulla, in the Ganderbal Dist, Jammu & Kashmir. It is one of the important shrine for Hindus especially Kashmiri Hindus. It is about 25km drive from city of  Srinagar.

The temple is associated with Hindu Goddess Ragnaya Devi, another form of Goddess Parvati. The Temple was built by Maharaja Pratap Singh in the year 1912 and later it was renovated by Maharaja Hari Singh. The place is surrounded by streams and chinar trees in the temple premises. The main sanctum sanctorum is a Hexagonal Spring wherein the Diety of Goddess Ragnaya is decorated and housed in a small White Marble Temple.
Mystic Spring

The Legend goes that Ravana worshipped mother Ragnaya and she had resided in his kingdom "Lanka" now known as Srilanka. Later due to Ravana's misdeeds the goddess cursed him and ordered Lord Hanuman to take her to "Satisar"(Kashmir), a place cut-off from outside world by Snow Clad mountains. Along with the goddess came another 360 Nagas(Serpant God) to the place where she currently resides.
The abode of Mata Maha Ragnaya is mystic spring. In the Centre of the Amrit Kund Mata Maha Ragnaya Resides. Another speciality of Mystic Spring is that Spring's colour changes indicating about the happenings in the near future. The Pink, Milky, Light Green Colour of the spring suggests the Auspicious Omen and the Black, Dark Red indictes the wrong and Inauspicious signals.
Every year on Jesht Ashtami(May-June) many Hindu pilgrims visit this place in large numbers to worship Mata Ksheer Bhavani.
Main Sanctum Sanctorum of Temple

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