Hadimba Devi Temple chelelhi Bilaspur

Awesome view High Hills and near by villages lower from here many people's prayers navratri Puja havan. And near by hills old fort of king of aera called riyasat

Hadimba Temple is located on the Top of Sariun Hill. The altitude is 1318 meters from the MSL. Large number of devotees and pilgrims visit the Temple. The view of the area including Mandi Bilaspur and may be of Hamirpur is wonderful.

1st of all this temple is in Distt. Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh.
-Most of the reviews and pictures posted here are of HADIMBA DEVI Temple of Manali.

-Beautiful temple of Hadimba devi on top of a hill of Siyun Dhar of Bilaspur District.
-Not on road head you need to trek to reach this place.
-Approx 25 km from Bilaspur.
-Not a very crowded place.
-Most people who visit here are from villages around the area or locals means not very popular among tourists.
A very holy place. I feel very fresh and good whenever I visit there. The temple is on top of the hill and we can see from there in all directions from the top. The temple has the access to traffic form two sides. One is from Harlog side from Chaleli and the other one is from Hawan side. We have to walk or climb stairs for approximately 15 minutes from the road to reach the temple.
Its a very peaceful place and any one who loves to visit holy places must visit the place.

Decent tourist place. Good to take pictures. Near to mall road. From hear you can take a walk to gathotkach temple.

Spiritual place in Manali, also one the shooting places of Bollywood movie “yeh jawani hai deewani”

You can't believe your eyes. It was that beautiful. You better keep your camera on, 'coz you dont wanna miss this scenic view.
Jai Mata di!

A very holy place. I feel very fresh and good whenever I visit there. The temple is on top of the hill and we can see from there in all directions from the top. The temple has the access to traffic form two sides. One is from Harlog side from Chaleli and the other one is from Hawan side. We have to walk or climb stairs for approximately 15 minutes from the road to reach the temple.
Its a very peaceful place and any one who loves to visit holy places must visit the place.

Beautiful place with full of lush greernary around the temple, right time to visit early morning

-1st of all this temple is in Distt. Bilaspur of Himachal Pradesh.
-Most of the reviews and pictures posted here are of HADIMBA DEVI Temple of Manali.

-Beautiful temple of Hadimba devi on top of a hill of Siyun Dhar of Bilaspur District.
-Not on road head you need to trek to reach this place.
-Approx 25 km from Bilaspur.
-Not a very crowded place.
-Most people who visit here are from villages around the area or locals means not very popular among tourists.

Hadimba Temple
Himachal
India.

HidimbaDeviTemple, locally known as DhungariTemple, also known variously as the HadimbaTemple, is located in #Manāli, a hill station in the State of HimāchalPradesh in north India. It is an ancient cave temple dedicated to Hidimbi Devi, wife of Bhima, a figure in the Indian epic Mahābhārata. The temple is surrounded by a cedar forest called Dhungiri Van Vihar at the foot of the Himālayas. The sanctuary is built over a huge rock jutting out of the ground which was worshiped as an image of the deity. The structure was built in 1553 by Maharaja Bahadur Singh.

I went to Manali in the month of May, that is, during summer time. However, I wasn’t aware that the summer in Manali is going to be like winter in Pune. It was cold but that climate was so pleasing. That is the time when we went to Hidimba Temple and there is just this temple in the middle of a forest. Everything over there was mesmerising that we ended up spending there 4 hours just taking pictures.

Beautiful place.surrounded by lush green vegetation (trees, shrubs, flowers. Main attraction point is the wooden temple and story behind it. Hadimba Devi was the wife of Bheem and mother of Ghatotkach.

The place is situated between the mountains and is really beautiful! It is made up of woods and is surrounded by so many trees! You can sit and enjoy the beauty of nature.
The place is worth visiting. There are so many activities that can be done outside the temple like yak riding, photo with rabbit, etc. A very peaceful and photogenic place.
You can take beautiful pictures and relax over there.
Good place and a very unique temple in itself as it worships a demon.

Hidimba Devi Temple in Manali is a ancient cave temple dedicated to devi Hidimbi, wife of Bhima and mother of Ghatotkacha. During Navaratri festival, Manali people worship Hidimba devi.

Beautiful temple surrounded by beautiful nature. Very peaceful place to meditate and praise. You will find photographer and some women having kashmiri dresses for the visitors lending them in rent. It is located in manali

The Hadimba devi temple was built in 1553 AD by Maharaja Bahadur Singh. The temple is built around a cave where Devi Hidimba performed meditation. Hidimbi was supposed to have lived there with her brother Hidimb, and not much is known about their parents. Born into a Rakshasa family, Hidimba vowed to marry one who would defeat her brother Hidimb, who was supposed to be very brave and fearless. During the Pandava's exile, when they visited Manali; Bhima, one of the five Pandavas, killed Hidimb. Thereafter, Hidimba married Bhima and gave birth to their son Ghatotkacha.
Worship of Hidimba Devi
People in Manali worship Hidimba devi as a deity. During Navaratri all Hindus across the nation worship goddess Durga, but people in Manali worship Hidimba devi. Queues of people can be seen outside the temple, but the crowd increases during Navaratri.
Design
The Hidimba Devi Temple has intricately carved wooden doors and a 24 meters tall wooden "shikhar" or tower above the sanctuary. The tower consists of three square roofs covered with timber tiles and a fourth brass cone-shaped roof at the top. The earth goddess Durga forms the theme of the main door carvings. Also depicted are animals, foliate designs, dancers, scenes from Lord Krishna’s life and Navagrahas. The temple base is made out of whitewashed, mud-covered stonework. An enormous rock occupies the inside of the temple, only a 7.5 cm (3 inch) tall brass image representing goddess Hidimba Devi. A rope hangs down in front of the rock, and according to a legend, in bygone days religious zealots would tie the hands of "sinners" by the rope and then swing them against the rock.

About seventy metres away from the temple, there is a shrine dedicated to Goddess Hidimba's son, Ghatotkacha, who was born after she married Bhima. The most surprising feature of the temple or what believers could call the most reassuring feature of the temple is the fact that inside the temple the imprint of the feet of the Goddess carved on a block of stone are worshipped.

Hadimba temple is beautiful.people worship this Devi.there is a cave in which footprint are there.nice old temple. I like it.

You’ve to walk for some 10 mins from the parking lot to get there. There’s usually a long line to get into the temple. There’s also a nursery besides the temple. You don’t have to pay the entrance fee to get in there because it is not government based, they’re just the locals who’ll run away if you ask for their I card. There’s scenic beauty there and you can get some awesome shots there. The temple is very famous over manali and the Devi is worshipped all over. The spot also got very popular because of the shooting of the movie ‘Yeh jawaani hai Deewani’ on the same place. It’s worth the visit.