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| Devotees throng temple of Goddess 'Chichi Devi' | | | Neeraj Badyal
SAMBA, Sept 28 : Devotees thronged the temple of goddess 'Chichi Devi' in Samba city,to offer prayers during the ongoing nine-day-long festival of 'Navratri'.Hindu pilgrims visit the temple and attend the fair under strict supervision of the temple authorities. Moreover, special arrangements from district administration are made for devotees during Navratris.
The swelling crowd comprised holidaying tourists, students on excursion and regular devotees from various parts of the Jammu region. The beeline for the free Darshan was awe-inspiring, stretching upto the starting point.
Various organizations had organized mass feeding in front of the temple. The police had provided a good security.
Ekta Mehra who visited Chichi Devi Temple today (Sunday) is the fourth day of 'Navratri', so I have come here along with my family to pay obeisance to Godess Chichi Devi. We have full faith in her and we believe that all our prayers offered during the period would be answered. Commonly said to be pilgrims' Pehla Darshan of the Vaishno Devi temple, the Chichi Mata temple commands an important position in the religious ancestry of the state. The Chichi Mata temple is one of the places of worship consecrated to the goddess Sati. According to legend, it is at the site of this temple that the smallest finger of the goddess Sati landed when her corpse was destroyed by Lord Vishnu to calm the destructive rage of her husband,
Lord Shiva. Kharasi Lal Mahajan, President, Chichi Devi temple development committee said that due to the increase in the number of deities over the year, the place where once there used to be a small shrine, has now converted into a big temple where even free meals and accommodation is made provided earlier during Navratri, a fair used to be organized which used to end just after RamNavmi (nine day of the festival). But now the fair and celebration last even two days after the activities are over,".
"The pilgrims throng the temple throughout the year. If the pilgrims are going towards Amarnath or tourists are headed towards the Kashmir valley, they do come and visit this temple. There is a portrait of the goddess on the temple gate and visitors make it a point to take blessings. |
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