Umiya Mata Temple

Getting there

• By air

  The nearest airport is Ahmedabad. Unjha is 102 km north of the city.

• By train

  Unjha is the nearest convenient railway station, and it is in the town itself.

• By road

  The nearest bus stand is in Unjha itself, in the same town as the temple office.

Why devotees come here

Umiya Mata Temple in Unjha, Mehsana district, Gujarat, is the temple of the kuldevi, or clan deity, of the Kadava Patidar community. The temple office is at Umiya Mataji Chowk in the town. Shrines to her are now being built in the United States, under the guidance of Shri Umiya Mataji Sansthan of Unjha.

Umiya Mata is the kuldevi of the Kadava Patidars. Unjha is a town and a municipality in Mehsana district, 26 km north of Mehsana and 102 km north of Ahmedabad. Local legend says Shiva himself established her at this place in Unjha. The government listing repeats this account.

The listing gives the founding year as Vikram Samvat 212, which it puts at 156 BC. It says King Vrajpal Sinhji built the temple then. The temple celebrated its silver jubilee in November 2009. Its renovation was paid for by donations from wealthy industrialists and farmers.

Shri Umiya Mataji Sansthan of Unjha guides the Umiya Mata shrines now being built in the United States. The Sansthan is based in Unjha, where her temple stands, and it now works on the shrines abroad.

Tips for your visit

• The temple office postal code is 384170, which helps when you share the address with a driver or a relative.
• Aarti times are not on the listing, so confirm them with the temple office in Unjha before you plan your visit around them.

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