Maa Patan devi Temple

Special Features

Foundation Year: 9th-11th century

Other Speciality: Patan devi regarded as one of the 51 Siddha Shakti Pithas in India.

Sthala Puran

According to theHindu mythology, it is believed that the right thigh ofDeviSatifell inMagadh(Patna)when it was chopped off by LordVishnuwith his 'Sudarshan Chakra'and it is said that the part of the body of Sati fell in both Maharajganj and Chowk areas in Old Patna city. At these places, the Badi Patan Devi temple and the Chhoti Patan Devi temple were built. According to the Tantra Charumani, the small images of the Bari Patan Devi Temple, Patna are the GoddessMahakali,MahalakshmiandMahasaraswati. InHindumythology, these Goddesses protected Putraka, who was the founder ofPataliputra. A strange stone image has been found in a tank near the Bari Patan Devi Temple, Patna. That image has been kept in the eastern veranda of the main temple where this stone is being worshiped regularly.

Architecture

The Bari Patan Devi Temple, Patna is facing the North, towards theGangesriver. The statues of the temple are all made up in black stone. At the entrance of the temple there is a portico of dimension 1.5' x 15'. After that there is a room of about 8' x 8' for gods namely,Mahakali(12"), MahaLakshmi(6"), MahaSaraswati(12") andBhairav(3").All the idols are kept on simhasans (thrones) of about 4 square in cross section and have a height of about 7 feet. First three goddesses are attired insarees.the temple is situated in theu00a0 Chowk area of Patna City and once was considered as the main presiding deity of Patna. Over the years it has slipped to the second position of eminence, after the Bari Patan Devi temple, as city's presiding deity, with epithet 'Choti' (smaller) to the more popular one, the Bari (bigger) Patan Devi.

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