Harsiddhi shakti pitha,ladol By:-vishwasjani
- -IMPORTANCE OF SHAKTI PEETH
IN OUR COUNTRY , THERE ARE MANY PLACES TO WORSHIP AND CRORES OF FOLLOWERS BELIEF IS ATTACHED WITH THE SAME , BUT OF THEM 51 MAJORN SHAKTI PEETHS ARE THERE WHOSE PERSONA IS DIFFERENT THEN OTHERS , AS PER HINDU MYTHOLOGY WHEN LORD SHIVA WAS COMMUTING AFTER DOING TANDAV IN ANGER , AT THAT TIME LORD VISHNU TO STOP THE PLANETS FROM GETTING IT DESTROYED BY THE ANGER OF LORD SHIVA , USED HIS SUDARSHAN CHAKRA AND DUE TO THE SAME THE BODY PARTS OF DEVI SATI WERE CUT IN 51 PIECES , AND WHEREVER SUCH BODY PARTS WERE FALLEN , THE PLACES ARE KNOWN AS SHAKTEEPTH . IN SUCH SHAKTI PEETHS IF LORD GANESHA AND DEVI IS WORSHIPPED THEN IT WOULD BE BENEFICIARY FOR ALL THE DEVOTEES .
- -MAJOR SHAKTI PEETH OF GUJARAT
OUT OF 51 SHAKTI PEETH , THERE ARE 3 SHAKTI PEETH WHICH ARE SITUATED IN THE STATE OF GUJARAT. ONE OF THEM IS AMBAJI , WHERE DEVIS HEART HAD FALLEN IN TO THER PIECES , SECOND IS BAHUCHRAJI AND THIRD IS PAWAGADH MAHAKALI SHAKTI PEETH .
IT IS SAID THAT , PATAN EMPEROR SIDDHRAJ JAYSINH HAD BROUGHT HARSHIDDHI MATAJI AFTER EXTENSIVELY WORSHIPPING FROM UJJAIN AND DEVI SELECTED LADOL AS A PLACE TO SITUATE . HENCE LADOL IS ONE OF THE ACTIVE SHAKTI PEETH OF DEVI . DEVI HARSHIDDHI IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE GODDESS OF TANTRA SHAKTI MARG . IN MYHTPOLOGY DEVI HARSHIDHHI IS SAID TO BE ANGRY GODDESS BUT IN LADOL SHE IS VERY PLEASANT , CALM AND SMILING .
- -HISTORY OF DEVI HARSHIDDHI
DEVI HARSHIDDHI WHO IS SITUATED IN LADOL , IS KNOWN AS ASHTHABHUJA DHARI AND IS SITTING ON LOTUS . THIS IS ONE OF THE SIDDHI SHAKTI PEETH AND IT HAS REMAINED CENTRE OF FAITH AND BELIEF SINCE HUNDRED OF YEARS .
THE STORY / HISTORY OF DEVI S ARRIVAL IN GUJARAT IS APPROX 1200 YEARS OLD . THE PLACE WHERE DEVI IS SITUATED RIGHT NOW , PRIOR TO 1200 YEARS IT WAS A DEN OF A YOGI AND DHUNI WAS STANDING AT THE PLACE OF IDOL OF DEVI . AT THAT TIME PATAN WAS BEING RULED BY KING KARNADEV , DUE TO HIS TUSSLE WITH CERTAIN TANTRIKS , THE TANTRIK THROUGH THEIR MELI VIDHYA HAD MANAGED TO LOCK THE WOMB OF QUEEN MINAL DEVI , INSPITE OF THE FACT THAT 11 MONTHS HAD PASSED THE CHILD HAD NOT TAKEN BIRTH , HENCE SABHA WAS CALLED AND ONE OF THE DEVOTEE FROM LADOL WHO WAS PRESENT THERE SUGGESTED THE KING TO VISIT THE YOGI WHO WAS IN LADOL ,
WHEN THE KING VISITED THE YOGI , THE YOGI WAS BUSY IN HIS CHANTING , WHEN YOGI MET THE KING , HE ASSURED THAT DON’T WORRY , A BABY BOY SHALL TAKE BIRTH AND ONCE HE WAS BORN, KING- QUEEN ALONG WITH THE BABY BOY CAME TO MEET YOGI , YOGI REQUESTED AFTER GIVING BLESSINGS KINDLY BUILD A TEMPLE OF DEVI AT THIS VERY INSTANT PLACE , THE KING HAPPILY ASSURED AND WENT BACK .
MANY YEARS PASSED , KING KARNA DEV PASSED AWAY AND THE BABY BOY THE THEN SIDDHRAJ WAS NOW A KING OF PATAN . HE WAS ONE OF THE WARRIOR AND HE WAS ALSO DEVOTEE OF DEVI HARSHIDDHI AS WELL LIKE HIS FATHER . TO COMPLETE THE SANKALP OF HIS LATE FATHER , HE BUILT A LAVISH TEMPLE AND VARIOUS IDOLS WERE INSTITUTED BY FOLLOWING PROPER RITUALS . HE USED TO COME AND WORSHIP ON EVERY DURGASHTMI .
AS THE TIME PASSED THE MUGHAL EMPERORS ATTACKED THE TOWN AND DESTROYED WHOLE TOWN EXCEPT GARBH DWAR OF TEMPLE . ONE DAY A MAN CAME AND STARTED DIGGING THE LAND IN HOPE OF GETTING SOMETHING , WHO WASA STOPPED MANY TIMES BUT HE NEVER STOPPED , ONE DAY HE WAS STOPPLED BY ONE DEVI SJHAKTI ONLY WHEN HE WAS DIGGING , THROWN HIM AWAY AND SAID HIM NOT TO COME EVER AGAIN , THIS WHOLE INCIDENCE WAS WITNESSED BY MOTI RAM JI MAHARAJ , HE SAID THE SAME TO PEOPLE OF THE VILLAGE AND AFTER THE SAID INCIDENT THE JINNODHAR OF TEMPLE WAS DONE AND NAGAR YATRA WAS ARRANGED . AFTER MOTIRAM JI , HIS SON JAYNTILLAL JI MAHARAJ TOOK CHARGE AND CARRIED OUT , EXPANDED THE IMPORTANCE OF DEVI HARSHIDDHI . AND AFTER HIM , HIS SON SATISH BHAI AND HIS NEPHEW ASHWIN BHAI HAVE CARRIEDE ON THE LEGACY AND PERFORMING THE DUTIES EFFICIENTLY . THE CREDIT OF REBUILT AND RENOVATION IN YEAR 2015 ONWARDS GOES TO RESPECTED SHRI PRATAP DADA . HIS VISION AND DEDICATION TO BUILT THE TEMPLE FROM GOLD AND TALLEST AS 61 FEET IS ON THE VERGE OF SUCCESSION . ALONG WITH THIS YATRI BHUVAN , ROOMS TO STAY , ANNPURNA HALL IS ALSO BUILT .