Sunday, December 9, 2007

TEMPLE OF SALKANPUR

Salkanpur Temple is located in Sehore district near Budhni, Budhni is a town formally known as 'Buuddha Nivasini' literally meaning the residential of Buddha , the temple is at a distance of 70 km from Bhopal by road and the nearest raiway station is Sehore which is on the Bhopal- Ratlam route.The Salkanpur temple is devoted to goddess Durga and the presiding deity here is Ma Durga Beejasan one of the incarnation of the goddess Durga. The Temple is situated on an 800 ft high hillock and have more than 1000 stairs and road is also available to reach the top at temple.
Thousands of devotees cane here and climbs up these stairs to get the darshan of Durga Maa. There is a story related to the temple that- when Parvathi was burning and Shiva was trying to save her then one of her body part fell down at this place and a temple was constructed today which is famous as Salkanpur Durga Temple ,which has a very rich glory.