Kunti Mata Temple

KUNTI MATA TEMPLE

INTRODUCTION

Kunti was the daughter of Shurasena, and the wife of King Pandu, and also the mother of the Pandavas. She was very beautiful and clever woman, she is one of the main characters in Mahabharata, and she lived in the previous Dwapara Yuga. She kept sincere bhakti on Lord Krishna, and due to that, after her death, she had attained salvation.

There is only one temple dedicated for her, and it is situated in a place called Dedia Para which is more than 200 km far away from Gujarat, and it is also known as Devi Mogra temple. According to legend, Kunti had stayed at this place, along with her sons. The temple surroundings looks very attractive and contains full of greenery, with full of natural beauty. Kunti devi used to worship Lord Shiva at the present place of this temple, and due to that, she had attained great spiritual powers. Still now she has been worshipped by the Tribal people and by the nearby villagers as their Kula Devata(Family deity) and as their Ishta Devata(Beloved Deity), they got strong faith on Mata Kunti, and they used to visit this holy temple on festival days and on Sundays. They also believe that Mata Kunti contains the features of Parvati Ma. It is also believed that Bhima married Hidimba, a form of Shakti Devi, and the mother of the great Ghatotkacha. Due to that, Dedia para is considered as a very sacred place. Kunti is a very holy woman and she is considered as a GEM among the ancient woman. Even though, she had suffered from lot of problems in her life, she maintained great patience and kept more bhakti on Lord Krishna.

When Krishna wants to grant a boon to her, she has asked him to give more problems in her life, so that, she can always keep him in her mind. What a great devotee she is? We can’t even imagine such a noble and pious woman in this today’s world. During the last stages of her life, she performed meditation in the forest, along with Dhritarashtra and Kanthari.

Kunti also showed her entire love and affection on her children, and she didn’t find any partiality with her step sons, Nagula and Sahadeva, and she treated them as her own son, and showed her kindness on them.

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WRITTEN BY

R.HARISHANKAR