Goddess Nagni Temple At kangra: Worshipping This Goddess Can Help You To Get You Rid Of This Disease

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Himachal is a holy abode of many powerful temples each having a age old mysterious history of its own.

During festive occasions, the fairs and festivals organized here, in these temples leave their unique imprint on the onlookers.

Nurpur Nagni Mata Temple is one of these sacred spots where snake, scorpion and poisonous bites are treated with the miraculous water from this temple mixed with some mud.

They call it shakkar prasad. During Shravan and Bhadrapad month an every Saturday fair is held every Saturday in a village called Nagni (Bhadwar) in Noorpur..

These fairs go on for two months and people from all over participate in this event..

From where Nagini Matas idol is installed, there is a stream of water and soil that oozes out and this is given to drink to relive the patient of thirst and the clay is pasted over the place of bite.

A snake bite victim for example, goes home only after recovery. The state government has upgraded the temple fair to the district level a few years back.

Popular Legend: There is a story behind how this temple emerged into existence. Once upon a time, a dense forest covered this entire area. There used to be earthen mounds on which people used to pour milk and water.

There was a Here there were earthen mounds on which people often used to offer milk and water. A leper arrived in the scene one day and started living there.

He was performing a Tapasya to Nagni Mata to rid him of leprosy. She appeared to him in a dream and showed him a stream of milk in the drain.

When he checked this the next morning, he saw that the drain had actually a milk stream in it. This today is the same stream of milk that is flowing along the temple.

Mother informed that he only had to drink that milk and apply the clay all over your body so that the leprosy gets cured. He did as he was told and it was cured.

The word soon spread and people started coming in hordes to cure their skin ailments. It is on record that lakhs of people with skin diseases have been cured.

There was a snake charmer who had visited here. He captured Nagni Ma stealthily and took her away in his box.

Mother appeared in the dream of the king and told him the story. The king retrieved her after the snake charmer handed her over to him.

Nagni mata is also known as Surasa mata. During fair, Nagni matas form is visible in the water stream, or in nearby places or in temple. Priests of 60 generations of Thakur Mehta families have worshipped the Mata so far.

late Dhaja Singh, who was the founder member and head of this temple committee, in 1971 arragned to have this water supplied to neighbouring villages. Even up to now there is no shortage of water.

Nagni mata is supposed to be an avatar of Manasi Mata. Nagni Mata temples soil is named as sugar. Devotees give milk, kheer, fruits, etc. dishes to Nagini Mata and worship her.