Chaitra Navratri 2025: A large crowd of devotees in the Vasantika Chaitra Navratri is flocking in the legendary Sheetla Mata checks of Jaunpur to visit the mother. If someone has to see mother Vindhyavasini, then it is necessary to see the mother Sheetla before that, only then the importance of darshan of mother Vindhyavasini.
People’s faith can also be seen from the fact that darshan is drawn here from places like Delhi, Mumbai. The center of faith of the people of Purvanchal is going to visit the devotees all the time in Maa Sheetla Chowkia Dham. On the occasion of Navratri, thousands of people come here to see the mother by taking their wishes. From morning onwards, the inundation of the devotees starts queuing up to the darshan of mother Sheetla Chekia.
On the first day of Navratri, people seem to be eager to get a glimpse of Mother. The reverence of the devotees of Maa Sheetla is even that they are drawn from Delhi for their children’s shaved rites, it is said that mother never sends the devotees empty, people come to the court with their wishes and all their wishes are fulfilled. Thousands of devotees visit this mythological temple thousands of years old every year.
In the court of the mother, they offer pan and also perform the shaving of children, it is believed that bathing in a pond near the temple gets rid of diseases like leprosy. After seeing the mother, the guarantee of the success of the pilgrims to be successful, so when devotees from the district of Purvanchal like Varanasi, Sonbhadra, Ballia, Azamgarh, Ghazipur, Gorakhpur come out to visit the mother Vindhyavasini, first of all, they move forward by visiting Mata Sheetla. The priest of the temple Vinay Tiwari said that during the days of Navratri, worship and fast have special significance. Without the vision of Maa Sheetla, devotees from Jaunpur and far-flung districts do not complete their devotion, it is believed that Mata Sheetla has come out here by herself, she is the youngest sister in Navadurga.
The influx of devotees in Maa Barahi Devi temple
On the first day on the festival of Chaitra Navratri in Maa Barahi Devi temple premises, devotees offered prayers to the form of Maa Shailputri. There is a wave of devotees in the temple since morning. Let us tell you that on Sunday, on the occasion of Chaitra Navratri, people established the urn in the auspicious time in the morning and worshiped the mother power and wished for happiness and prosperity. Along with this, a large crowd of devotees thronged the famous Siddha Peeth Maa Barahi Devi temple located in Ater village in the area since morning. Devotees offered prayers in the temple and offered fruits, mother’s chunari, coconut and sweets and devotees visited and asked for vows.
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