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Mehrauli’s Sacred Gem: A Guide to Yogmaya Temple – Indian.Temples — Wed, 17 Jan 2024 19:32:21 +0000

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By: Anuradha Goyal

Anuradha Goyal — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 05:36:08 +0000

In reply to Manasi Shenoy. Manasi, that is our goal to reconnect India with its own roots.

By: Manasi Shenoy

Manasi Shenoy — Tue, 11 Aug 2020 03:16:24 +0000

Interesting article indeed. There’s so many little things that we tend to overlook about our culture with our busy lives. Articles like these keep us connected. Thank you

By: Anuradha Goyal

Anuradha Goyal — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 11:58:13 +0000

In reply to Anand Prakash. Thank you for adding to IndiTales story.

By: Anand Prakash

Anand Prakash — Tue, 16 Jul 2019 10:27:12 +0000

Mehrauli or Mihirawali….is oldest part of Delhi…even Delhi derives it’s name from Mehrauli’s iron pillar….when the iron pillar situated in the Qutub Complex was tried to be taken away…it was not possible but it’s foundation got weakened and pillar started shaking…which means Dheela or loose in Hindi….over the span of more than 1000 years the place was called Dhilli or loose and finally known as Delhi. Mehrauli is one of the oldest with some shrines belonging to all the religions, Jains have Jain Mandir Dadawadi, where oldest caves and temples are situated. Mehruli also has Gurudwara dedicated to Baba Banda Singh Bahadur who was instumental in granting land rights to all the peasants of north India, he killed the Nawab of Sirhind with a single blow of sword, he was imprisoned in Lohagarh fort of Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh and brought over to Mehrauli, his son was killed in his lap and he was skinned alive by muslim barbarians. Again Mehrauli has shrine of Khawaja Bakhtiar Kaki who was mentor of Hazrat Nizamuddin, the zayereen or pilgrims going to Ajmer always visits Bakhtiar Kaki shrine before embarking onwards to Ajmer. Then Mehrauli has Budhist temple, Christian Church right behind Qutub Minar and some of oldest step wells in India. Mehrauli was inhabited by some original dwellers and they traces their roots to this ancient township till date, even a sirname of local Jaats is derived from Mehrauli, Mehlawat or Mehalwat Jaats of Mehrauli are considered as it’s original dwellers. But the political apathy and municipal failure have converted this once beautiful locality into urban slum. Even now the entire urban village is surrounded by lush green forests and has cold temperature, it is well noticed that Mehrauli remains cool almost by two degrees as compared to rest of Delhi, it was summer capital of Mughal rulers during mughal period. I request netizens of Mehrauli to come together and install a statue Baba Banda Singh Bahadur at the entry of Mehrauli, remove encroachments around Yogmaya Temple and Gandhak ki baoli, widen the narrow lanes by removing illegal encroachments. Still there are some of the old building surviving in the area and it can be converted into designer hub, a heritage walk and a great tourist place.

By: Rajesh sharma

Rajesh sharma — Wed, 19 Apr 2017 07:43:05 +0000

Im Rajesh sharma 10/20 yogmaya mander mehrauli new delhi

By: Anuradha Goyal

Anuradha Goyal — Thu, 19 May 2016 01:33:31 +0000

In reply to prabhat kanta. Thank you Prabhat Ji for adding this precious knowledge to the article.

By: prabhat kanta

prabhat kanta — Wed, 18 May 2016 16:50:57 +0000

A very important article bonding history,travel and mythology.very helpful.The new generation is losing their interest to know such places of importance.at list such article give a light to the future for discovery of ruins at different places.appreciated the hard works..goddess yogmaya was an incarnation of goddess durga.Lord Vishnu administered the universe through her form.the names of yogmaya and rakta dantika appears in last chapters of durga saptasati written by markadheya rishi..she make stable the universe and plays vital rules at the tiimes of re creation of universe as per Puranas.

By: Anuradha Goyal

Anuradha Goyal — Mon, 09 Sep 2013 03:50:17 +0000

Good to hear from you Aashish, would love to meet you when I am in Delhi next and help you revive interest in oldest living temples of Delhi – almost an unknown entity.

By: Aashish Vats

Aashish Vats — Sun, 08 Sep 2013 20:29:23 +0000

Thanks Anuradha for the lovely post. Good to read this. I’m part of the family of priests (Vats Family) who have been taking care of the temple for ages now. In fact, as per the family pedigree, its been more than 1000 yes. I have decided to bring our temple before people, help it get attention so that people can connect to our rich culture. These days finding large families amicably managing a temple, just because of their love and dedication for their deity (also our kul devi) is difficult to find. I’m planning to put in place a website to reach out to mass population and tell them about the temple and its priest. Will keep you posted on this. Thnx again for the post. Keep Walking.. 🙂