Mata Chakreshwari Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Mohali/Chandigarh International Airport is about 50 km from Fatehgarh Sahib, the nearest airport.

• By train

  The district has Sirhind Junction railway station, on the Delhi-Amritsar section. Many express and superfast trains halt there.

• By road

  Fatehgarh Sahib is 250 km from Delhi. Regular buses run to Fatehgarh Sahib from Chandigarh, Patiala and Ropar, and National Highway 1 passes through Sirhind.

Why devotees come here

Mata Chakreshwari Temple stands in village Attewali on the Sirhind-Chandigarh road, in Fatehgarh Sahib district, Punjab. It is dedicated to Mata Chakreshwari Devi. Its best-known story is a legend about a chariot that would not move.

The temple is believed to be about 1000 years old. The legend behind it begins with pilgrims from Rajasthan who were travelling in bullock carts to the ancient Jain temple at Kangra. Their caravan halted for the night on this spot.

According to the legend, the chariot carrying the idol of Mata Chakreshwari Devi would not move, however hard the pilgrims tried. A voice is said to have told them to stay there. They installed the idol at this place and built a temple.

Digging a few yards north of the site is said to have found water. That water source was made into a small well. Every year an annual function is organised at the temple, four days after Dushera.

Festivals

• Four days after DusheraAnnual function

  An annual function is organised at the temple each year.

Tips for your visit

• Fatehgarh Sahib is the district headquarters, about 5 km north of Sirhind.
• Gurdwara Jyoti Sarup lies about 1.5 km southeast of Fatehgarh Sahib, on the Sirhind-Chandigarh road.
• National Highway 1 (Sher Shah Suri Marg) passes through Sirhind and Mandi Gobindgarh, in the same district.

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