INFO : Shari Arashuri Ambaji Temple ,Famous all over world as Devi temple is located in Data taluka of Banaskantha district in tha state of Gujarat. This is known as a legendary Shakti Peetha. It is the only Shaktipeeth India with 358 golden Kalash among the 51 shaktipeeth,
History :
According to the story Ma Amba's manifestation prajapati Daksh organized a Mahayagna and not inviting lord shiva to Ma Sati's Father Mahayagna held there and hearing her husband cry in her father's mouth. She fell into the alter and give up her life. Fearing that the entire universes would be destroyed,Lord Vishnu dismembered Sati's body with his chakra and scattered it all over the earth. Sati's body parts and ornaments fell on 52 places. At this place one shakti and one bhairav assumed small forms and settled down.
The inner sanctum of the temple has silver-plated doors. There is a gokh, or niche, in the wall on which is fixed an old-plated marble inscription of the Viso Yantra, a Vedic text on sacred geometry, which is the main focus of worship. There is no idol of the goddess, perhaps because the temple is so ancient that it predates idol-worship, but the priests decorate the upper portion of the gokh in such a way that it looks like an idol of a goddess from a distance.
The ecstatic festival of Navratri is celebrated all over Gujarat in reverence of Ambaji, by dancing garba around the Holy Mother. On these nine nights the Nayak and Bhojok communities also perform bhavai theatre
By road : Direct buses are available from many places, including Mount Abu, 45 km away, Palanpur, 65 km away, Ahmedabad 195 km, and Idar 115 km
By Train
Palanpur 65 km is the nearest railway station on the route to New Delhi
By Air
Nearest airport is SVP Ahmedabad
