Dhari Devi Uttarakhand धारी देवी चार धामों की रक्षक माँ ।

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ธ.ค. 2024
  • Dhari Devi is a much-worshiped goddess of the region.
    Local people believe that the stone carved deity changes faces - from a girl to a woman to an old lady - as the day progresses. A mythological account says that once a severe flood washed away a temple and Dhari Devi's idol was trapped against a rock near the village Dharo. Villagers heard the wail of the idol and a divine voice directed them to install the idol there. This is the apparent reason behind the stricture not to remove the idol from its designated spot. The shrine is located 10 kms from Srinagar in district Pauri (Uttarakhand).
    Downstream the Dhari Devi, construction of the 330 MW Alaknanda Hydro Power Project was underway. Due to opposition from locals, the hydro project - which should have been completed by 2011 - is still nowhere near finished. To top it, once talk of shifting Dhari Devi surfaced, objections to the project started anew. Trying to find a middle ground, the project decided to shift the temple by constructing a platform on vertical beams, away from the power project. The platform was ready but moving the deity was becoming increasingly difficult for the temple committee and the power project company.
    Ironically, on 16 June, when the Mandakani started flooding sending waters surging up the steps of the Devi's temple, the temple committee decided to take quick action to save the idol of the goddess. Devi Prasad Pandey, ex-secretary of the Dhari Devi temple committee says, "By the evening the temple was under knee deep water. There were reports that heavy rainfall would take place in the night, so shifting the Dhari Devi statue was the only alternative left. We shifted the idol by 6.30 pm."
    Content Raju Gusain for India Today

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