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Jalapa Mai temple (mandir)
Mandir Jalapa Mai is located in Sangirathi Village, on the on Bilaspur-Shimla
Road. It's located at a distance of roughly 14 km from the Bilaspur district of
Himachal Pradesh. Situated amidst picturesque hills, the temples stands enclosed
within a ten ft excessive wall. The original name of the deity of the temple
(mandir) was Goddess Sukirti and later, gave rise to Sagirthin. It's said that a
Chandel King installed the black-colored idol of the Goddess here, whereas on
his way to Mata Jawalamukhi. The monks of the temple came all the best way from
Chanderi with him and later settled in the village here.
Raja Deep Chand acquired the temple (mandir) complex built, within the latter
half of the 17th century. There's a very interesting legends related to the
deity. In response to the e-book on historical past of the Kings of Bilaspur,
written by Shashi Vans Vinod, there was once a king known as Raja Sail Chand,
who had two queens named Hemvati and Devmati. Rani Hemvati performed Sati on the
loss of life of her husband and dedicated herself to flames in his funeral pyre.
She was later known as Sagirthin and have become the family goddess (Kuldevi) of
the rajas. This shrine has a natural source of flowing water too.
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