Vaishno Devi Temple is considered to be the most famous and oldest temple. It is located on the hills near Katra Nagar in Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir. Today we are going to tell you all the mythology of this temple.
Legend of the temple: Once upon seeing a beautiful girl on the hill of Trikuta, Bhairavnath ran to catch her then the girl changed into air and flew towards Trikuta mountain. Bhairavnath also ran after her. Then Pawanputra Hanuman reached there to protect the Goddess. When Hanuman ji felt thirsty, at his request, Goddess pulled an arrow from the bow and shot an arrow and washed her hair in that water. Then Goddess entered a cave and meditated for nine months, during this time Hanumanji kept guard. Then Bhairav Nath came there and during that time a monk said to Bhairavnath, 'what you consider a girl is Adishakti Jagadamba, so give up the pursuit of that superpower'.
Bhairavnath did not listen to the monk. Goddess then made her way out of the cave to the other side. This cave is still famous by the name of Ardhkumari or Adikumari or Garbajoon. The step mother of the first mother of Ardhkumari is also Paduka and this is the place where the mother turned around and saw Bhairavnath. At last, the girl assumed the form of a goddess by going out of the cave and went back to the cave again, asking to go back to Bhairavnath, but Bhairavanath did not believe and started entering the cave. Seeing this, Hanuman ji, guarding outside Goddess' cave, challenged her to battle and both fought. Seeing no end of the war, Goddess Vaishnavi killed Bhairavnath by taking the form of Mahakali.
It is said that after his slaughter, Bhairavnath repented of his mistake and begged for forgiveness from Goddess. Goddess then liberated Bhairava from the cycle of rebirth, and gave him a boon, saying, 'My darshan will not be considered complete, unless a devotee, after me, will see you.'
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