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Kunjapuri mataa temple




Kunjapuri temple is a holy temple of the mother goddess Durga which is one of the Shakti Peeth of the Hindu religion.
Kunjapuri temple is situated near the Shivalik mountain range of tehri Garhwal range which is 26 km away from Rishikesh,13 km from Narendra Nagar. It is 1676 Mt height against sea level.






Kunjapuri temple is situated on top hill and view is so exotic here you can find most beautiful sunrise and sunset, in fact, it very famous for its sunset making it the top destination of sunset.
You can visit the kunjapuri temple by taking a cab or by private car from Rishikesh and drive into the most beautiful scenic mountain & curves road of Sharpe end mountains.
Kunjapuri temple famous for its Mela ( Fair)
Which is held on Navratri occasion which was started in 1972.





History of Shakti Peeth

In Puran story, it is to be said that , Daksha Prajapati who was one of the sons of load Brahma
Have 24 daughters From his wife parasitic.
* Sradhaa,
* Bhakti
* Dhriti
*Thushti
*Pushti
* Medha
*Kriya
* Bhudhikaa
* Lajja Gauri
* vapu
* Shanti
* Siddhikha
* Kirthi
* Khayti
* Sati
* Sambhuti
* Smirti
* Priti
* Kshama
*Shanti
* Anasuya
*Urjja
* Swaha
* Swadha

The story takes further when we came to know that raja Daksha doesn't like to load Shiva and hates to worship him. on the other hand his daughter " SATI" likes to worship load shiva and after several years of Tapasya, compel load Shiva to marry her. Shiva marries sati and lives with her.

Story progress when Daksha organized a Maha Yagya, in which he invited everyone except Shiva & sati.  Sati as per her parental emotion goes to that Maha Yagya where raja Daksha Prajapati insult sati & her husband Shiva, with that harsh word & insult for his husband,sati jumps in the Maha Yagya Agni and give Away her life in that Maha Yagya.

This incident makes Shiva so angry that he decided to kill Daksha, for which he created Veera Bhadra who is believed to be the God of anger and destruction. Veerbhadra districts Maha Yagya and cut Daksha head.

Shiva takes sati body in grief and travels throughout the universe forgetting his duties for the universe.

When load Vishnu realize that he has to step in as all universe will be collapse & destroy if Shiva will be like this he takes his Sudarshan chakra and cut sati body into prices,

Devi sati body was cut into 51 pieces,each part when falling into a different part of  the Earth is called as "Shakti Peeth" 
It is believed that the top part of Devi sati was fall in this place which later was called as " kunjapuri temple".




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