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Mahur is the abode of the goddess Renuka, mother of Parshuram, an incarnation of Vishnu. The place is in Kinwat about 130 km away from Nanded. It is believed that the temple has been constructed by a Yadava king of Devgiri about eight or nine hundred years ago.As per Sri Adi Shankarachrya&rsquo;s&nbsp;Shakti Peetha shlokam&nbsp;the 8th&nbsp;Shakti peethas&nbsp;is &lsquo;Mahurye Ekaveerika&rsquo; Ekaveerika devi temple is in Mahur, Maharashtra. The deity here is called Ekaveerika mata. The temple is in Yavatmal district in Maharashtra. It is 50 km from Kinwat and 131 km from Nanded. Nagpur is 210 km by road from Mahur. Sati&rsquo;s Right shoulder has fallen here.

Mahur is famous for Renuka Devi temple and very few people are knowing about Ekaveerika devi temple and mostly they call Renuka devi temple as&nbsp;Shaktipeeth. It is said that Ekaveerika Devi is the elder sister of Renukadevi. Renuka devi temple is 800 years old.

One of the 18 Shakti peethas, it known as &rdquo; Mahurye Ekaveerika&rdquo; Ekaveera Mayura; or Ekaveera Mata, or Goddess Ekaveera Mata temple or Mahur Renuka Devi Temple at Mahur, Nanded district. Also called Mayura Kshetram or Matru Patanam. This temple is 23 kms from Mahur village, on the bank of Pen ganga. The temple is located on a hill surrounded by deep forest, only the head part is the main deity in this temple.&nbsp;Ekavenika devi, is a popular name in then Andhra State now Telangana State than the people of Maharashtra.

The goddess Renuka is associated with the worship of the goddess Yellamma in Karnataka and in certain parts of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. The goddess Renuka is considered to be an Avatar of the goddess Durga and is popular in rural culture as the mother goddess and is worshipped as Amma, Yellamma, Duggavva, Dyaamavva and Marikamba. Her name and attributes change from region to region.

The temple of Goddess Renuka Devi is situated in Mahurgad in Maharashtra.Mahur is the abode of the goddess Renuka, mother of Parshuram, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu. The place is in Kinwat about 130 km away from Nanded. It is believed that the temple has been constructed by a Yadava king of Devgiri about eight or nine hundred years ago. The temple of Renukadevi is located on a hill top. There are carved caves in the hills around Mahur.

Mahur -A pilgrim Centre of great significance. Renuka Devi Temple is considered to be one of the Shaktipeeth of Maharashtra. The temple of Goddess Renuka Devi is situated on a hillock abounding in natural beauty at a distance of about 2.415 km. from the village of Mahur.On the day of Dasara every year a very big fair is held in honour of Renukadevi.

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Legend of renuka Devi temple - Renuka was the daughter of the king Renu of Kubaj country and the wife of the sage Jamadagni. When the king Sahastrarjuna paid a visit to Jamadagni in his abode, he was taken by surprise by the hospitality of the sage. When asked about the same, the sage told him that it is all because of the Kamadhenu, i.e., cow that fulfils the desires of the owner given to him by Indra, the king of the Gods.

Thinking that if the Kamadhenu was in his possession he would be able to maintain his vast army easily, the king Sahastrarjuna tried to seize the Kamadhenu from the sage by farce when his request to hand over the Kamadhenu to him was turned down by the sage. In the scuffle that ensued the sage died and his wife Renuka was injured due to 21 wounds she had received at the hands of the king. At this juncture many soldiers appeared on the scene from the body of the Kamadhenu by divine magic and farced the king to retreat.

On coming to know of the above incident Parasuram, the son of Jamadagni who rushed there vowed to defeat and punish the king 21 times. His mother asked him to cremate his father. He carried his father and mother to Mahur and cremated his father there. His mother became a sati.

The religious rites were conducted on this occasion by the God Sri Dattatreya himself. However, after everything was over Parasuram was stricken by grief and at this time a voice from the heavens told him that his mother would came out from the earth but he should not look behind. Being eager to see his mother, Parasuram just saw behind far a fraction of a second to find the mother&#39;s face aver the earth. The upper facet is the present upper facet of the Renukadevi.

Renukadevi is adorned with various gold ornaments such as the golden flowers to be used as earrings, gold garlands (putal mal candrahar, jaymal, etc.), nose-ring (nath), etc.

Mahur is famous for the Renuka Devi temple and very few people know about Ekaveerika devi temple and especially they call the Renuka devi temple as shaktipeeth. One can find more devoteed at Renuka Devi Temple than Ekaveerika mata temple. Ekaveerika Devi is said to be Renukadevi&rsquo;s older sister. The Renuka devi temple is 800 years old.

Pan patta and supari is grinded as pasta and offered as prasad in this temple. There are many important temples and tourist spots at the top of the hill.

Renuka was the daughter of the king Renu of Kubaj country and the wife of sage Jamadagni. King Sahastrarjuna Visit Jamadagni ashram, he was surprise by the hospitality of the sage. When asked, the sage told him that it is all because of the Kamadhenu (cow).

The King thought that if the Kamadhenu was in his possession he would be able to easily maintain his vast army, King Sahastrarjuna asked the sage&rsquo;s Kamadhenu for Kamadhenu, the sage refused, Sahastrarjuna got angry and killed Jamadagni. The sage died and his wife Renuka got 21 injuries on her body.

On coming to know of the incident Parasuram, the son of Jamadagni rushed there vowed to defeat and punish the king 21 times. His mother asked him to cremate his father. He carried his father and mother to Mahur and cremated his father there. His mother became a sati.

The religious rites were conducted on this occasion by the God Sri Dattatreya himself. However, after everything was over Parasuram was stricken by grief and at this time a voice from the heavens told him that his mother would came out from the earth but he should not look behind. Being eager to see his mother, Parasuram just saw behind far a fraction of a second to find the mother&rsquo;s face aver the earth. The upper facet is the present upper facet of the Renukadevi.

Renukadevi is adorned with various gold ornaments such as the golden flowers to be used as earrings, gold garlands (putal mal candrahar, jaymal, etc.), nose-ring&nbsp;(nath), etc.

Other Deities in Mahurye Ekaveerika:&nbsp;Mahur Renuka Devi ,Sri Parasurama , Dattreya Swami , Anasuya Mata , Atri Maharishi ,&nbsp;Matru Thirtha , Devdeveshwar ,&nbsp;Chinta mani Ganesh .

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