India is a country of temples. There are temples of different gods and goddesses everywhere in the country. All these temples are associated with some mythological or miraculous stories. There is such a temple, the temple of Paretin Devi came in Balod district of Chhattisgarh, which is about 200 years old. Villagers say that earlier this temple was only in a platform under a neem tree. However, after gradually increasing the fame, the temple was also built with public cooperation. This temple is also built with bricks offered to the goddess. In Navratri, Paretin Dai is worshiped here along with 9 forms of Mother Goddess and people come from far and wide to worship this ‘witch goddess’.
This temple is situated on the road side in the village area of Gundardehi block of Balod district. This belief of the goddess among the people is such that no cargo vehicle can move forward without donation, that is, if you are coming in a cargo vehicle, then whatever is in the vehicle, it is necessary to donate some of it to the temple. Is. Whether you have bricks, stones or vegetables. It is believed that if any unknown person who is not aware of this rule, then the goddess forgives him, although the one who is aware of this, he faces some problem in the car when he overtakes, or he has to face any other kind of problem. You have to face hardships.
Local people say that whoever worships here in the temple with a sincere heart, the goddess fulfills his every wish. The maximum crowd here is during Navratri. People have a lot of faith in the temple and due to this various events are held here from time to time.