Thawe Durga Temple.
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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Today is the sixth date of Shardiya Navratri. Durga Puja starts from today itself. Along with this, Mother Katyayani is worshiped on the sixth day of Navratri. There is some special significance of worshiping at Maa Thave Durga temple in Gopalganj district in Bihar during Shardiya Navratri. Special worship is performed here during the nine days of Navratri. A famous fair is also organized here during Navratri. It is believed that all the wishes of the devotees who worship with true heart in Maa Thave Durga temple are fulfilled. No devotee of the Mother returns empty handed from here. Mother fulfills the wishes of all her devotees.
Thawe Durga temple is considered as Siddhapeetha
The historical Thawe Durga temple of Gopalganj is surrounded by forests on both sides and the sanctum sanctorum of this temple is quite old. Devotees from many districts of neighboring countries Nepal, UP, Jharkhand, Bihar come to this temple for worship and darshan. Although there is a crowd of devotees throughout the year, but apart from Chaitra, special pujas are held in this temple on Mondays and Fridays throughout the year. There is a huge crowd of devotees here on these two days. Even in the month of Sawan, special worship is done in the temple. People also know this temple by the name Thawewali Mata Temple, Simhasini Bhavani. People come to Mother’s court empty handed but take away their bags with full hands. With the blessings of Mother, all the wishes of the devotees are fulfilled. Thawe Durga temple is considered as Siddhapeetha.
Mother Goddess came from Kamakhya
The story of the establishment of Thawe Durga Temple is quite interesting. King Manan Singh of Chero dynasty considered himself a great devotee of Mother Durga. Then suddenly there was a famine in that king’s kingdom. During that time, Rahshu, a devotee of Mata Rani, used to live in Thawe. When Rahshu rubbed the colander with a tiger, rice started coming out. The ministers conveyed this to the king but the king did not believe it. The king became against Rahshu and started calling him a hypocrite and a hypocrite and told Rahshu that if he was a great devotee of Mother, then call Mother here. On this Rahshu told the king that if the mother came here, she would destroy the kingdom but the king did not agree. Rahshu started calling the mother and told the king that the goddess had left Kamakhya and reached Patna. Still agreed but the king was not ready to do so. Then Rahshu told that now mother has come from Patna to Aami in Chapra. If you still ask, the mother should be returned from there. At last, as soon as the mother reached near Thawe, a strong storm started coming in the king’s forests and all the buildings started shaking. Still Rahshu told the king that if you believe me now, then return the mother from here. But the king said that no, today I will also accept it only after seeing the mother. On the call of Rahshu Bhagat, Goddess Maa started from Kamakhya, reached the Thawe of Gopalganj via Patna and Saran and after tearing the forehead of Rahshu, she showed her bangle to the king. Gave. All the king’s buildings collapsed. The king died as soon as he saw his mother.
