One gets an excellent view of the surrounding from the hill top. While the main deity is Ekvīrā Mātā, to her left is Jogeśvarī Devi. It is surrounded by Karla caves, which are now protected by the Archeological department. One needs to ascend around 500 steps to reach the temple. ekvira temple is an encroachment over the Buddhist caves in somewhere middle of 18 century. However, the carbon dating states that the stupa and caves shrines were developed over two periods – from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century AD, and from the 5th century AD to the 10th century. Impressed by the bhakti (devotion) of the Pandavas, the Goddess blessed them and granted the boon that they will not be discovered by anybody during theirĪjñātavāsam (secret exile).
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Play online or download to listen offline free - in HD audio, only on JioSaavn. The Pandavas then indeed built this beautiful temple in one night. Listen to Ekvira Aai Tu Dongaravari on the Marathi music album Ekvira Aai by Shaila Chikhale, Veena Bamne, Shrikant Narayan, only on JioSaavn. To test the kārya diksha (work ethic) of the Pandavas, the Goddess laid a condition that the construction must be done overnight. She instructed them to build a temple for her.
Once when Pandavas visited this holy place, Ekvīrā Mātā appeared before them. ( March 2021) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Īccording to the legend, this temple was constructed by the Pandavas during their exile in the forest ( araṇyavāsam). Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. It is believed that the Goddess has magical powers. Animal sacrifices are also offered in this temple, including the sacrifice of goat / chickens. The devotees throng the temple on all occasions of Navaratri and Chaitri Navratra to worship and celebrate. Maha-mandapa, varsha-mandapa and gopura are situated in front of these three shrines and these three shrines are surrounded by sixteen shrines of additional parivara devatas.
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Of these, the central and the southern shrines are preserved in full and rest of the structures are preserved only on plan and that too brought to light in the clearance work.
This temple-complex originally consisted of three alike shrines built in a row all facing west. The temple is a prime spot of worship for the Koli PeopleAnd Agri People.But along with the Koli (fisherman) folk, Aai Ekvira is worshipped by many some caste, people especially those belonging to the CKP like Thackeray family & Daivadnya Brahmins & somewhat Bhandari and kunbi caste as their presiding family deity, Kuldaivat. Here, the worship of the goddess Ekvira is carried on right next to the caves, once a center of Buddhism. The Ekvira Aai Mandir is a Hindu temple located near the Karla Caves near Lonavala in Maharashtra, India.