Jwala Devi Temple (Uttar Pradesh)

This article is about the temple in Uttar Pradesh. For the temple town in Himachal Pradesh, see Jawalamukhi.

Jwaladevi Temple
Jwala Mukhi Temple
ज्वाला देवी मन्दिर
Religion
AffiliationHinduism
DeityJwala Ji
FestivalsNavratra
Location
LocationShaktinagar
StateUttar Pradesh
CountryIndia
Architecture
CreatorKing Udit Narayan Singh
Completed1676

Jwaladevi Temple (ज्वालादेवी मन्दिर) is located in Shaktinagar which is in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. The Jwaladevi temple is dedicated to Goddess Jwala Ji . This is an age old Ashtagrih temple of Jwala Devi & one of the 51 Shakta pithas of India. The old temple is believed to be 1000 years old. The old temple was constructed by Raja Udit Narayan Singh of singrauli Gaharwal village. The new temple has been built replacing the old one. Here the Front tongue of Devi Sati is worshipped. She is venerated as the kuldevi, family goddess, of Katoch Rajputs, Bhatia, Dhadwals and Meisuria people.

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