{"id":57394,"date":"2025-07-30T13:21:52","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T07:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=57394"},"modified":"2025-07-30T15:00:34","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T09:30:34","slug":"mansa-devi-temple","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/mansa-devi-temple\/","title":{"rendered":"Mansa Devi Temple"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Mansa Devi Temple Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A tragic stampede near Haridwar&#8217;s Mansa Devi temple claimed eight lives and injured 28 others recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Mansa Devi Temple<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Hindu temple <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dedicated to the goddess <\/span><b>Mansa Devi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>form of Shakti (Goddess Durga).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is located in the city of <\/span><b>Haridwar in Uttarakhand.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple is located atop the <\/span><b>Bilwa Parvat on the Sivalik Hills,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> the southernmost mountain chain of the Himalayas.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple, also <\/span><b>known as Bilwa Tirth,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is <\/span><b>one of the Panch Tirth (Five Pilgrimages) within Haridwar.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is an <\/span><b>epitome of <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the age-old tradition of<\/span><b> \u2018Shakti\u2019 worship <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Northern India.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Maharaja Gopal Singh of Manimajra<\/b> <b>constructed <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the present main temple during the period <\/span><b>1811-1815.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The temple complex is spread over an area of 100 acres.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">Built in a <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">traditional North Indian style shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the temple includes two important deities, Mansa Devi and her sister Chandi Devi.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/city\/dehradun\/8-dead-28-injured-in-stampede-at-haridwars-mansa-devi-temple\/articleshow\/122937601.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TOI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mansa Devi Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Mansa Devi located in the city of Haridwar in Uttarakhand. 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