{"id":47869,"date":"2025-05-17T13:42:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-17T08:12:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=47869"},"modified":"2025-05-29T15:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-05-29T09:45:22","slug":"tanot-mata-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/tanot-mata-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanot Mata Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Tanot Mata Temple Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The historic Tanot Mata Temple, a 1,200-year-old sacred site near the India-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer, is set to reopen for visitors as border tensions subside.<\/p>\n<h2>About Tanot Mata Temple<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an\u00a0<strong>ancient Hindu temple<\/strong>\u00a0situated in the\u00a0<strong>Jaisalmer\u00a0<\/strong>district of\u00a0<strong>Rajasthan<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is\u00a0<strong>dedicated to Tanot Rai<\/strong>, a manifestation of the Hindu goddess Hinglaj Mata.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>According to local legends, the temple was\u00a0<strong>established by a group of local tribes<\/strong>\u00a0who worshipped the goddess Tanot Rai.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Over time, the temple grew in popularity and became a significant religious site for devotees.<\/li>\n<li><strong>In 1965 and 1971, during the Indo-Pakistan Wa<\/strong>r, Tanot Mata Temple gained widespread recognition when it\u00a0<strong>survived heavy bombardment unharmed<\/strong>, which further strengthened the belief in the protective powers of the deity among locals and soldiers.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Despite the shelling of thousands of bombs<\/strong>\u00a0from the Pakistan border,\u00a0<strong>not one exploded in the vicinity of the temple.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<strong>unexploded bombs<\/strong>\u00a0are, till date,\u00a0<strong>treasured in the Tanot Museum\u00a0<\/strong>within the temple premises.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>After the 1971 war,<\/strong>\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>temple was handed over to the Border Security Force<\/strong>\u00a0of India, who\u00a0<strong>continues to manage the Temple.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The<strong>\u00a0Indian army built a Vijay Sthamba within the temple premises,\u00a0<\/strong>and every year on\u00a0<strong>December 16,a celebration<\/strong>\u00a0takes place to\u00a0<strong>commemorate the victory of India over Pakistan.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Tanot Mata Temple FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Where is the Tanot Mata Temple located?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Jaisalmer, Rajasthan<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. The Tanot Mata Temple gained national fame during which wars?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pakistan Wars<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. Who currently manages the Tanot Mata Temple?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Border Security Force (BSF)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/jaipur\/tanot-mata-temple-jaisalmer-fort-museum-reopen-as-border-tensions-ease\/articleshow\/121196270.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tanot Mata Temple is an ancient Hindu shrine located in Rajasthan&#8217;s Jaisalmer district, revered for its spiritual significance and wartime legends.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":47871,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[21,498,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-47869","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-prelims-pointers","9":"tag-tanot-mata-temple","10":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","11":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47871"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}