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Mata Chintpurni Devi


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Mandir and Devi Darshan


The opening hours listed below are for normal days only. 
Monday to Friday 5 am - 9.30 pm
Saturday and Sunday 5 am - 11 pm

Please note that due to the current Covid-19 epidemic Temple opening hours and SOP(standard operating procedures including entry requirements) are liable to change at short notice.

Ashwin/Sharad Navaratri Mela - Some important guidelines promulgated by the Himachal Pradesh Government, 4 October 2021

The temple will be open from 00.00 am to 11 pm.

All visitors from outside Himachal  seeking entry to Himachal are required to bring  documentation of any one of these - RTPCR test negative within 72 hours OR Rapid test negative within 24 hours OR any Covid vaccine  ? both doses.


All devotees should first present themselves for registration and thermal screening at one of the Chintpurni Temple Trust designated  counters. Devotees without computer-generated slips will not be allowed darshan.


Only the devotees without Covid symptoms will be allowed to enter the temple after a medical examination at the prescribed points. Devotees with Covid symptoms will be isolated and will be allowed to proceed only after their report is negative. Devotees can contact the New Bus Stand, Chintpurni Sadan and Shambhu Barrier for registration and medical check up.

People over the age of 60, people with serious illnesses, pregnant women and children under the age of 10 are advised to stay at home.

Devotees should leave their shoes in their vehicle. Another option is to deposit the shoes at the shoe storage area  near the Old Bus Stand.

Devotees should start from Shambhu Barrier, proceed to gate numbers 1 and 2, Main Bazaar and then towards Chintpurni Sadan.

Devotees will be allowed to offer dry prasad only. Priests will not give any prasad to devotees, nor will they they tie mauli.

Prohibited:  Hawan, Kanya Pujan, Standing, sitting, waiting or crowding in the temple. Jagaran, kirtan, bhajan, langar bhandara.  Temporary shops are not allowed either.

Dharmashalas will be allowed to take in tenants upto their 50% capacity only.

Please keep your mask on. No mask, no darshan.

Please observe social distancing.


Devotees must ensure adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Himachal Pradesh Health Department.

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Due to the Covid-19 pandemic a number of restrictions are still in place.
All devotees are strongly advised to adhere to the Covid-19 guidelines such as wearing masks, maintaining hygiene and social distancing at all times.

Devotees above the age of 65, those with co-morbidities, expectant mothers and children below the age of 10 years may not be allowed entry,  

All devotees should first present themselves for registration and thermal screening at one of the Chintpurni Temple Trust designated  counters - Chintpurni Sadan, MRC Parking, Shambhu Barrier. Devotees without computer-generated slips would not be allowed “darshan”.

SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) for Havans in the Temple, 20 January 2021


Una District Administration has issued the following SOP for performing Havan in the Temple.

Devotees are required to obtain a token or Havan Parchi.

All participants in the Havan must put on a mask and observe Covid-19 social distancing rules.

They must bring a mat or cloth sheet which they will take away with them at the end of Havan.

The devotees will bring their own Havan  materials and take away any left-overs.

Keep the number of Havan participants to a minimum.

Havans will not be allowed during Navaratras and other special occasions when large numbers of devotees are expected in the Temple.

Devotees must ensure adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines issued by the Himachal Pradesh Health Department.


Live darshan of Shri Chintpurni Devi is available from this official Mata Chintpurni Devi site .

The temple is usually open from 4.30 am to 10 pm in Summer and 5 am to 9.30 pm in winter. It is open much longer during Navaratras and other busy days. Bhog is offered from 12 noon to 12.20 pm. Snana is performed from 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm.

Devotees usually bring offerings for the Devi.   Sweets (eg suji halwa, laddoo, barfi), kheel (sugar-coated puffed rice), batasha, fruits ( except coconut),  chunni (red stole), dhwaja (red-coloured flag) and flowers are some of the offerings that devotees bring. You may  bring the prasad from home or you may buy it from one of the shops in the bazaar. 

You may leave your shoes at one of these shops as shoes (and other leather items) are not allowed in the temple bhavan. Please wash your hands after taking off your shoes. It is also customary to cover your head in the temple bhavan with a cap, shawl or handkerchief.

As you enter the temple main gate, on the right hand side you should see a stone. This is the stone which Pandit Mai Das had dug out to reveal the water spring as commanded by the Devi. 

In the center of the Bhavan is the temple garbha griha.  The image of Mata Chintpurni Devi is installed here in the form of a pindi (a rounded stone). Please queue up for a darshan of the Devi, make your offerings and seek Her blessings.

Archana

Mata Chintpurni Devi image 1

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Mata Chintpurni Devi image 2

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  Now you should perform a pradakshina (circumambulation) i.e. go around the temple in the clockwise direction. The enclosure on the eastern side is often used by bhajan mandalis singing kirtan and bhajans. Please spend a few minutes in the bhavan - just sit down in contemplation, listen to the bhajans, imbibe the holy ambience.

Adjoining the south wall of the temple,  you can see the Vata Vriksha (banyan tree) under which Pandit Mai Das had the divine darshan of the Devi. Devotees often tie a mauli (kuccha red string) to the tree and make a wish. 


Chintpurni Temple - Back wall Chintpurni Temple - Vatavriksha

Soodaan di Hatti  


Moving on, towards the western side you find another branch of the same Banyan tree.  Under the tree, you see images of Bhairav and Ganesh. Bhairav can be identified as the black-coloured deity with a dog as his companion.
Bhairav
 Ganesh
 Hanuman and Bhairav

Images of Bhairav and Langur Vir (Hanuman) are also installed on the roof of the temple, next to the shikhar (dome) which was gold-plated a few years ago by a devotee.

Please exit the temple bhavan in an orderly manner.

 

Western exit door 

Samadhi of Pandit Mai Das


  As you go down the steps on the northern side, you can see the water tank. Pandit Mai Das's samadhi is situated on the eastern side of the water tank.

  On a clear day, you get an excellent panoramic view of the Dhauladhar mountain ranges which are at an aerial distance of about 50 km. Dharamshala,   McLeodganj, Bhagsu Nag, Sidh Bari and Triund are some of the popular tourist destinations in this part of the Dhauladhar mountains.


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