Vajreshwari Temple

Getting there

• By air

  Chhatrpati Shivaji Maharaj Airport is the nearest airport.

• By train

  Bhiwandi Road is the nearest convenient railway station, and Vasai Road station is 31 km away.

• By road

  An older report puts travel time from Vasai Road at one hour and 15 minutes.

Book and check

Official pages only. We do not sell darshan passes or tours.

• Vajreshwari Mata Yatra event listingutsav.gov.in

Why devotees come here

Vajreshwari Temple is dedicated to Devi Vajreshwari, in Vajreshwari town, 75 km from Mumbai. It stands on a hillock and is reached by 52 steps. The name is tied to a legend about Indra's thunderbolt, the vajra.

Legend links the name Vajreshwari to Indra's vajra, the thunderbolt. One belief says Devi Vajreshwari swallowed the vajra. Another says she entered it to slay the demon Kalikat. Legend also says the sage Parshurama performed a mahayajna, a great sacrificial rite, at Vajreshwari.

The temple is described as a relic of Maratha glory. It was re-constructed on the orders of Chimaji Appa, the younger brother of Peshwa Bajirao I, as thanks after he captured Bassein Fort, Vasai, in 1739. Both the sanctum and the forecourt have concave ceilings. Idols of Kalika stand on either side of the main Vajreshwari idol.

The temple stands on a hillock and is reached by 52 steps. The temple holds yearly fairs. The Vajreshwari Mata Yatra is held on the new moon of Chaitra. An annual Navratri fair is also held in the temple itself.

Festivals

• Chaitra Amavasya, March or AprilVajreshwari Mata Yatra

  A fair on the new moon of Chaitra, with music, dramas, kirtans and bhajans for four to five days.

• Every yearNavratri fair

  An annual fair held in the temple during Navratri.

Tips for your visit

• Around twenty-one hot water springs, called kunda, lie within five kilometres of the temple.
• Inside, both the sanctum and the forecourt have concave ceilings, and idols of Kalika stand beside the main idol.

Questions people ask