Dehradun. pkgnews24.com , Datkali Mandir is a famous temple of Hindus as well as people of all religions coming from here, pray to the mother’s temple to secure their journey. Which is located on Delhi Dehradun Highway Road Located at N H 72 A. This temple is located at a distance of 14 km from Dehradun. Dat Kali Mandir is one of the famous temples of Dehradun. This temple is dedicated to Maa Kali, hence the temple is also called the temple of Kali and Kali Mata is considered to be a part of “Goddess Sati”, the wife of Lord Shiva. Maa Dat Kali Temple is also known as “Manokamna Siddhapeeth” and “Kali Mandir”. The specialty of Maa Dat Kali Temple is that a divine flame has been burning continuously since 1921. This temple is situated on the banks of Dehradun-Saharanpur road, so whoever goes from here definitely gets the blessings of Maa Kali. And oil, ghee, flour and other things are offered in the temple. During the festival of Navratri, a large number of people come here, sometimes even the highway has to be closed. Bhandara is also done here on the occasion of Navratri festival. Where people accept it as the blessings of Maa Kali. Monkeys are found in large numbers outside the temple. The monkey is also called the servant of the mother.
Dat Kali Temple is known as the miraculous Shaktipeeth of Maa Kali, which is one of the 9 Shaktipeeths of Mata Sati. Located on the Dehradun and Saharanpur border, this temple is crowded with devotees every day, but on Saturday, there is a special significance of offering red flowers, red chunari and coconut to Maa Datkali. It is said that by doing this all the wishes of the devotees are fulfilled. On Saturdays including Tuesdays and Thursdays, the devotees of Maa organize a huge Bhandara in the Maa Datkali temple. Whenever a person takes a new vehicle, he first reaches the court of the mother for special worship with the vehicle. It is said that the mother’s chunari in her vehicle always protects the vehicle and the driver. This is the reason why new vehicles are often seen queuing near the temple.
Mahant Raman Prasad Goswami of Maa Datkali temple says that Maa Dat Kali is the Ishta Devi of western Uttar Pradesh including Uttarakhand. Every day hundreds of devotees reach the temple to see the mother and the mother fulfills everyone’s wishes. The story of the construction of the temple is also amazing. It is said that in the year 1804, the working organization engaged in road construction on the Dehradun-Delhi highway was building a tunnel. But the more tunnels the company dug during the day, the more tunnels were broken at night. This got him upset. Earlier Maa Dat Kali was known as Maa Ghathewali. It is said that Maa Ghathewali had come in the dream of the ancestors of the Mahant and talked about the installation of his idol at the tunnel construction site. The executive body did the same. In this way the temple of Maa Dat Kali came into existence. Special puja is performed here on Saturdays. In which thousands of devotees reach the court of the mother with their wishes.
The Mahant of the temple told that due to being a Siddha Peeth, devotees from many corners of the country keep demanding material like offerings, thread, sardine, vermilion, and chanted ashes of the temple. In the night Jagran program, Jagran is done by the devotees of Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Punjab, Delhi, Himachal. Then the information about the fame of the mother is received from the devotees in the temple. Along with the devotees of western Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand, when they take a new vehicle, they definitely come to the temple to get the chunari tied to the temple of the mother. According to Mahant Raman Prasad Goswami, every wish of the devotees who worship the mother with a sincere heart, is fulfilled. It is believed that from Tuesday for 11 days all the wishes are fulfilled by reciting Dat Chalisa with faith.
