Chotila Shakti peeth Chamunda Temple (chotila mandir) The Chamund or Chotila hill which is surmounted by the temple of Chamunda and is 1173 feet in height. The temple is reached by climbing 620 steps. The temple is open for devotees from 5 am to 7.30 pm. In Hindu scripture Devi Mahatmya, Chamunda emerged as Chandika Jayasundara from an eyebrow of goddess Kaushiki, a goddess created from "sheath" of Durga and was assigned the task of eliminating the demons Chanda and Munda, generals of demon kings Shumbha-Nishumbha. She fought a fierce battle with the demons, ultimately killing them. Goddess Chandika Jayasundara took the slain heads of the two demons to goddess Kaushiki, who became immensely pleased. Kaushiki blessed Chandika Jayasundara and bestowed upon her the title of “Chamunda", to commemorate the latter's victory over the demons.[citation needed According to a later episode of Devi Mahatmya, Durga created Matrikas from herself and with their help slaughtered the demon army of Shumbha-Nisumha. In this version, Kali is described as a Matrika who sucked all the blood of the demon Raktabija. Kali is given the epithet Chamunda in the text. Thus, the Devi Mahatmya identifies Chamunda with Kali. In Varaha Purana, the story of Raktabija is retold, but here each of Matrikas appears from the body of another Matrika. Chamunda appears from the foot of the lion-headed goddess Narasimhi. Here, Chamunda is considered a representation of the vice of tale-telling (pasunya). The Varaha Purana text clearly mentions two separate goddesses Chamunda and Kali, unlike Devi Mahatmya. Chotila was called Chotgadh in ancient times. It was originally a holding of the Sodha Parmars but was conquered from Jagsio Parmar by the Khachar Kathis who made it one of their principal seats. Most of the Khachar Kathis trace their origin to the Chotila house. Chotila was acquired by the Kathis in 1566 AD. It is the head quarters of an Agency thana during British period Distance : Mumbai To Chotila temple : 666 km delhi to chotila temple : 1075 km ahmedabad to chotila temple : 169 km rajkot to chotila temple : 46 km indore to chotila temple : 547 km mayapur to chotila temple : 2227 km una to chotila temple : 1428 km MORE VIDEOS: * Biggest dam in the world ( sardar sarovar dam ) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOXUsNjs7ow * Pavagadh Temple Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFhfead_KRk&t=2s www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTy9rrlhViw * Historical Cannon video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcylJCt_hqY * Gateway of India Video : www.youtube.com/watch?v=HR0DvK6JDcc * Best places to visit in DELHI: www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_y9dNG0sRY&t=25s * Eggplant Recipes Baingan Bharta : www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kb7WDSidr4s&t=1s * Surat city beach (Dumas) : www.youtube.com/watch?v=bU1D786fw00 Please Subscribe Dilse Dhadak: www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6f91GrruOM6cDmEZ74dQQ?sub_confirmation=1 check out my all videos: www.youtube.com/channel/UCp6f91GrruOM6cDmEZ74dQQ/videos Help us in growing my channel Please Like, Comment, Subscribe n Share

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