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Jawalamukhi, also Jawalaji, is a Shakti Pitha town and a nagar parishad in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh. Hindu genealogy registers are kept here like that of Haridwar. The Hindi word &#39;Jwalamukhi&#39; literally means &#39;Volcano&#39; in English.Jawalamukhi is a famous temple to the goddess Jwalamukhi, the deity of flaming face. Raja Bhumi Chand Katoch of Kangra, a great devotee of goddess Durga, dreamt of the sacred place and the Raja set people to find out the whereabouts of the site. The site was traced and the Raja built a temple at that location.

The building is modern with a gilt dome and pinnacles, and possesses a beautiful folding door of silver plates. Under the gaze of the Dhauladhar mountain range and set amidst the undulating hills that character sub-Himalayan Himachal Sati&#39;s tongue is believed to have fallen at Jawalamukhi and the goddess is manifest as tiny flames that burn a flawless blue through fissures in the age old rock.

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The temple is located on a small spur on the Dharamsala-Shimla road at a distance of about 20 km from the Jawalamukhi Road Railway Station attracts hundreds of thousands of pilgrims every year. No idol is located in the temple and the deity is worshipped in the form of flames which come out from the crevices of the rock. There is a small platform in front of the temple and a (check usage) big mandap where a huge brass bell presented by the King of Nepal is hung. Usually milk and water are offered and the ahutis or oblations are offered to the sacred flames in the pit, situated in the centre of the temple in between the floor pillars supporting the roof.

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The shrine is regarded as a Maha Shakti Peetham. It is believed that Sati Devi&#39;s tongue fell here. Shakti Peethas are shrines of Devi, the primordial Mother Goddess. Each Shakti Peetha has a shrine for the Shakti and Bhairava. Siddhida (Ambika)is the Shakti and Unmatta Bhairava is the Kalabhairava. The Daksha yaga and Sati&#39;s self immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and even had impact on the culture of India. It led to the development of the concept of Shakti Peethas and there by strengthening Shaktism. Enormous stories in puranas took the Daksha yaga as the reason for its origin. It is an important incident in Shaivism resulting in the emergence of Shree Parvati in the place of Sati Devi and making Shiva a grihastashrami (house holder),

Jwalamukhi Temple / Flaming Goddess / Jwala Devi Temple in Himachal Pradesh is one amongst the&nbsp;Ashtadasa Shaktipeethas&nbsp;and is considered extremely sacred for the Hindus. Jwalamukhi Temple, dedicated to Goddess Jwalamukhi, is situated 30 km south of Kangra valley in Himachal Pradesh. The unique feature of the temple is there is no idol to worship, natural flames in the temple burn continuously without any fuel and are seen breaking out from a rock-side without any external assistance.

These flames are worshipped as a manifestation of the nine Goddesses &ndash;&nbsp;Mahakali, Maha Lakshmi, Saraswati, Unpurna, Chandi, Hinglaj, Bindhya Basni, Ambika and Anji Devi. The beautiful temple is set against a cliff. The dome of the temple is aureate is of gold and has pinnacles. It also has a picturesque folding doorway of silver plate which was gifted by Sikh Raja Kharak Singh. The temple has an Indo-Sikh feel to it.As per ancient legends, there was a time when the demons dominated the Himalayas Mountains and insulted the gods. Gods under the leadership of Lord Vishnu decided to destroy them. They concentrated their divine energy that resulted in huge flames from the ground. From that flames appeared a beautiful young girl who was regarded as Adishakti, the ultimate power of the universe.

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Puranas says that the great Mughal emperor Akbar visited and tried to extinguish the flame of the temple. However, when he failed, he willingly submitted to the power of the goddess. He presented a golden chhatri (umbrella) for the goddess which turned into copper when he turned to look it before leaving the temple.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh paid a visit to the temple in the year 1809. His son, Kharak Singh gifted a pair of silver plated folding doors to the temple while Ranjit Singh himself gave the gilt roof. Moreover, in the princely era, the work of the temple was managed by the Raja of Naduan. He himself appointed the temple priest. After independence, things changed a lot. The pujaris are now appointed and paid by the government. A part of the money collected by the temple is used to improve the facilities for the visiting pilgrims.

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The deity is offered Bhog of Rabri or thickened milk, Misri or candy, seasonal fruits, milk. There is a mystic Yantra or diagram of the goddess, which is covered with, shawls, ornaments and mantras are recited. The puja has different &#39;phases&#39; and goes on practically the whole day. Aarti is performed five times in the day, havan is performed once daily and portions of Durga Saptasati are recited.

For Aarti, the temple remains open from 11.00 A.M. to 12.00 P.M. and from 06.00 P.M. to 07.00 P.M. The Mughal Emperor Akbar once tried to extinguish the flames by covering them with an iron disk and even channelizing water to them. But the flames blasted all these efforts. Akbar then presented a golden parasol (chhattar) at the shrine. However, his cynicism at the power of devi caused the gold to debase into another metal which is still unknown to the world. His belief in the deity was all the more strengthened after this incident. Thousands of pilgrims visit the shrine round the year to satisfy their spiritual urge.

Maharaja Ranjit Singh paid a visit to the temple in 1815 and the dome of the temple was gold-plated by him. Just a few feet above the Jwalamukhi temple there is a six-feet deep pit with a circumference of about three-feet. At the bottom of this pit there is another small pit about one and a half feet deep with hot water bubbling all the time.The temple is identified as one among the 51 Shakti Peethas. It is also one of the most renowned temples of Goddess Durga.

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During the reign of Akbar, Mata Vaishno Devi was largely worshiped by the Hindus. The emperor was unhappy to see the growing faith of his people in the religion. He decided to test the power of Devi Durga. 
During the same time, among the devotees, was one person, named Dhyanu. He was popularly known as Dhyanu Bhakt. Once he was on his pilgrimage to the Vaishno Devi Shrine. When Akbar came to know about him and his pilgrimage, he summoned him to his court. Dhyanu Bhakt presented himself before the king. A debate took place there in which Dhyanu Bhakt argued that Durga Mata is the greatest of all, greater even than a king.The Minister of the king accused Dhyanu Bhakt of raising his voice before the king and of not accepting the king as the the greatest. They asked him to prove the prowess of Devi Durga. Dhyanu Bhakt explained that since he was no such big a devotee that he could prove the prowess of Devi Maa, so he could not do the same. 
 
Hearing this, the king ordered that the head of the horse that Dhyanu Bhakt had taken along, be cut down. Dhyanu Bhakt condemned the act and asked the king to keep the head and the torso for a month and that Maa Durga will come and make the horse alive again. Dhyanu Bhakt then continued his journey ahead. When he reached the temple, he requested Devi Maa to help him prove how generous and almighty Jwala Maa was. But maa would not agree to prove her prowess before someone who has no faith in her. So She didn&#39;t respond. 
 
But Dhyanu Bhakt had undeterred faith in her. Seeing that she was not responding, he struck his own head off. Goddess Durga now had no option other than to appear and save her devotee. She not only made alive her bhakt, but also the horse that was being kept in the king&#39;s palace. With this generous act, Durga Mata proved not only that she is really the almighty but also that Dhyanu Bhakt was her true devotee. But then Dhyanu Bhakt was worried that since every devotee would not make such a big sacrifice, he therefore requested her to accept the prayers made with coconut and a flag. Devi Maa agreed to his wishes. On the other side of the scene, while the head and the torso got intact again, the king would not agree and drop his ego. His minister tried all he could to stop the famous &#39;Akhand Jyot&#39; of Devi Maa, the continuous diyas. From covering the flame with big iron sheets to flooding them with water, everything failed. Now when nothing worked out, Akbar and his minister, finally dropped their ego and agreed that Maa Jwala was really the almighty. With this notion in his mind, the king came to the Jwala Ji Temple, Vaishno Devi, to offer a parasol made of gold to the Goddess. Just the moment he offered it before Jwala Mata, the Chhattar turned into one of a metal different from gold. This clearly meant that the Goddess was unhappy with the king. Not only because he had done the sinful act of getting the head of the horse chopped off, but also because he had been offering that golden parasol out of pride and not with a pure heart. Finally, the king offered paan, supaari, dhwaja, nariyal and a chunari at the Devi&#39;s temple. The parasol is still kept in the temple premises. It is believed that this metal could not be identified then. However, the modern science says that the chhattar mostly contains many mixed elements.<img alt="mata jwala ji chhattar" src="https://www.boldsky.com/img/2018/04/xgolden-parasoltemporarilydited-1523452799.jpg.pagespeed.ic.LHv7Q8rlOj.jpg" /> 
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<h3>Jwalamukhi Temple Timings and Pooja:</h3>

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	<li>Jwalamukhi Temple gates remain open all days of the week. The visiting hours of this temple change in Summer and Winter.</li>
	<li>The Pooja in the temple occurs in gradual stages. Havan takes place every day and the goddess is offered bhog of Rabri(thickened milk), misry or candy apart from the regular bhog of seasonal fruits and milk.</li>
	<li>Aarti is conducted five times a day where the first aarti happens early morning around 5:00 AM when the temple gates open. This aarti is called the &ldquo;Mangal aarti &rdquo; and takes place just before dawn.</li>
	<li>The next aarti called &ldquo;Panjupchaar puja&rdquo; is performed during sunrise. The next aarti is known as &ldquo;Bhog ki aarti&rdquo; where the deities are showered with fruits, milk by the devotees as a gesture of saying thank you to the goddess. The next aarti is performed around 7:00 PM and does not hold a specific name.</li>
	<li>The last and the final aarti is at 10:00 PM. This special aarti is known as &ldquo;Saiyan ki aarti&rdquo; where the bed of Devi is beautifully decorated with flowers and ornaments. The aarti is performed in two phases. The first phase happens inside the main temple and the second happens inside the sejabhavan. Apart from these five aartis, shlokas are recited daily to the deity.</li>
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