Sheetla Devi Temple Mainpuri

Getting there

• By air

  The closest civil airport is at Agra, about 121 km away.

• By train

  Mainpuri railway station is the town's rail link. The Kalindi Express is the main train to Delhi and Kanpur, with some local trains to Farrukhabad and Tundla.

• By road

  The Agra Lucknow Expressway connects Mainpuri to Lucknow. Frequent buses leave the main roadways bus stand for all major cities.

Why devotees come here

Sheetla Devi Temple is one of the old and popular Hindu temples of Mainpuri, the district headquarters in Uttar Pradesh. It stands on Devi Road at Udetpur Abhai. Every year in March or April it hosts a 20-day rural exhibition and trade fair.

Mainpuri has several ancient and well-known Hindu temples. Sheetla Devi Temple is named first among the notable ones in the district's list of places of interest. The temple is on Devi Road, the same road where the fort of Maharaja Tej Singh Chauhan stands in old Mainpuri. The district government site lists the temple as Sheetla Mata Mandir. The same site describes the city's temples as very old and popular.

Each year in March or April, a Rural Exhibition-cum-Trade Fair is held at the temple for 20 days.

Mainpuri is a city in Mainpuri district in Uttar Pradesh. It is the administrative headquarters of the district. It lies 55 km from Etawah and 294 km from New Delhi. The town is well connected by road and by broad-gauge railway. You can visit Mainpuri by train, at Mainpuri railway station.

Festivals

• March/AprilRural Exhibition-cum-Trade Fair

  Held at the temple every year for 20 days.

Tips for your visit

• The district government site lists the temple as Sheetla Mata Mandir, so use that name when you ask for directions.
• The fort of Maharaja Tej Singh Chauhan is on the same Devi Road, so ask for Devi Road if you want to see both.

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