Maa Tara Chandi Temple

Maa Tara Chandi Temple History

Maa Tara Chandi Temple History, Timings, Darshan, Puja

Maa Tara Chandi Temple is one of the shakti peeth of the 51 Shakti peeths. The Temple is situated in a cave which is at a distance of 4 kilometres from Sasaram. This place is known as Maa Tara Chandi shakthi dham, Sahastraram and present now this place is known as Sasaram. It is said that the right eye of Maa Tarachandi fallen here in this place hence called Tara and the goddess had slaughtered Chand and hence she is called as Chandi, so this place is known as Maa Tarachandi temple. The idol of the goddess TaraChandi in this temple is in the form of a girl child which is most attractive part of the temple.

It is believed that the goddess Tarachandi fulfils the desires of her devotees hence known as Mankamna Siddhi Devi. The goddess is decorated with red fabric (Chunri) and with red hibiscus flowers. In bhog (prasad) puri and halwa is offered to the goddess. A huge number of devotees daily come for worshipping goddess Tarachandi. During the special days especially during Navratri, the whole temple is filled with devotees. The locals say that the temple is as much important as the Vaishnav Devi temple.

The Tarachandi Temple is a symbol of harmony as the temple is near to a mosque in a same complex this kind of view can be only seen here. The Tarachandi dham shows the idol of Maa Tarachandi inside a small cave. There a temple built above the cave, the temple shows the slaughtering area, the coconut offering area and the main garbagriha.