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मां सुरकंडा देवी मंदिर टिहरी उत्तराखंड

सुरकंडा देवी उत्तराखंड सुरकंडा देवी में स्थित है

सुरकंडा देवी कनताल, उत्तराखंड, भारत के पास एक हिंदू मंदिर है। यह लगभग 2756 मीटर की ऊंचाई पर धनोल्टी (8 किलोमीटर) और चंबा 22 किलोमीटर के नजदीकी हिल स्टेशनों के करीब स्थित है, जो कद्दुखल से लगभग 3 किलोमीटर की पैदल दूरी पर है। जहां वाहन खड़े होते हैं। यह घने जंगलों से घिरा हुआ है और उत्तर में हिमालय सहित आसपास के क्षेत्र और दक्षिण में कुछ शहरों (जैसे, देहरादून, ऋषिकेश) का एक सुंदर दृश्य प्रस्तुत करता है। गंगा दशहरा उत्सव हर साल मई और जून के बीच मनाया जाता है और आकर्षित करता है। बहुत सारे लोग। यह एक मंदिर है जो राउंस्ली के पेड़ों के बीच स्थित है। यह वर्ष के अधिकांश समय कोहरे से ढका रहता है।

साइट पर पूजा की उत्पत्ति से संबंधित सबसे लगातार इतिहास में से एक सती की कथा से जुड़ा है, जो तपस्वी भगवान शिव की पत्नी और पौराणिक देवता-राजा दक्ष की बेटी थीं। दक्ष अपनी बेटी के पति की पसंद से नाखुश थे, और जब उन्होंने सभी देवताओं के लिए एक भव्य वैदिक यज्ञ किया, तो उन्होंने शिव या सती को आमंत्रित नहीं किया। क्रोध में, सती ने खुद को आग में फेंक दिया, यह जानते हुए कि इससे यज्ञ अशुद्ध हो जाएगा। क्योंकि वह सर्वशक्तिमान देवी थीं, इसलिए सती ने देवी पार्वती के रूप में पुनर्जन्म लेने के लिए उसी क्षण अपना शरीर छोड़ दिया। इस बीच, शिव अपनी पत्नी के खोने पर दुःख और क्रोध से त्रस्त थे।

उन्होंने सती के शरीर को अपने कंधे पर रखा और पूरे आकाश में अपना तांडव (ब्रह्मांडीय विनाश का नृत्य) शुरू किया, और शरीर के पूरी तरह से सड़ने तक नहीं रुकने की कसम खाई। अन्य देवताओं ने, उनके विनाश के डर से, विष्णु को शिव को शांत करने के लिए कहा। इस प्रकार नृत्य करते हुए शिव जहां भी विचरण करते थे, विष्णु उनके पीछे-पीछे चलते थे। उन्होंने सती की लाश को नष्ट करने के लिए अपना डिस्कस सुदर्शन भेजा। उसके शरीर के टुकड़े तब तक गिरे जब तक शिव को बिना शरीर ले जाने के लिए छोड़ दिया गया। यह देखकर, शिव महातपश्य (महान तपस्या) करने के लिए बैठ गए। नाम में समानता के बावजूद, विद्वान आमतौर पर यह नहीं मानते हैं कि इस किंवदंती ने सती, या विधवा को जलाने की प्रथा को जन्म दिया।

विभिन्न मिथकों और परंपराओं के अनुसार, भारतीय उपमहाद्वीप में सती के शरीर के 51 टुकड़े बिखरे हुए हैं। इन स्थानों को शक्ति पीठ कहा जाता है और ये विभिन्न शक्तिशाली देवी-देवताओं को समर्पित हैं। जब शिव सती के शरीर को लेकर कैलाश वापस जाते समय इस स्थान से गुजर रहे थे, तो उनका सिर उस स्थान पर गिर गया, जहां सरकुंडा देवी या सुरखंड देवी का आधुनिक मंदिर खड़ा है और जिसके कारण मंदिर का नाम सिरखंड पड़ा, जिसके पारित होने में समय को अब सरकुंडा कहा जाता है। यह स्थान दक्षिण-पश्चिम से देहरादून के माध्यम से सबसे आसानी से पहुंचा जा सकता है, लेकिन मसूरी और लंढौर के आगंतुकों के लिए यह एक सामान्य दिन की यात्रा है। यह एक पहाड़ी पर स्थित है और धनोल्टी-चंबा रोड पर, गांव कद्दुखल से 3 किमी की लंबी पैदल यात्रा के बाद वहां पहुंचता है।

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