Mathiyana Devi
{{Short description|Hindu Temple in Uttarakhand}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2017}}{{unreliable sources|Reason=Facebook is not a reliable source|date=May 2021}}Shidhpeeth{{Cite web|last=Sandeep Itnal|title=Temples in Uttarakhand|url=http://www.travely.co.in/2015/09/temples-in-uttarakhand_26.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Holiday Guides, Journey Guides, Travel Guides, Tour Guides, Vacation Guides}} Mata Bhagwati Maa Mathiyana Devi Mandir{{Citation|title=Shidhpeeth Mata Bhagwati Maa Mathiyana Devi Mandir|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9nCWkavydE|language=en|access-date=2021-05-05}}{{Cite web|title=Mata Bhagwati Maa Mathiyana Devi|url=http://www.travely.co.in/2015/09/temples-in-uttarakhand_26.html|access-date=2021-05-05|website=www.facebook.com|language=en}} is a Hindu temple in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. It is located at Bhardhar Patti, north of Mathiyana Khal and is surrounded by green mountains. The nearest city is Rudraprayag.{{Cite web|last=Sandeep Itnal|title=Temples in Uttarakhand|url=http://www.travely.co.in/2015/09/temples-in-uttarakhand_26.html|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Holiday Guides, Journey Guides, Travel Guides, Tour Guides, Vacation Guides}} One priest lives in the temple. Many pilgrims travel there.
Legend
Mathiyana Maa, a maternal deity, is one of the most powerful goddesses of Uttarakhand. Many stories relate to her origin:
When Lord Shiva{{Cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=Arvind|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gDmUToaeMJ0C|title=Classical Hindu Thought: An Introduction|last2=Bharati|first2=Ray|date=2000|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-564441-8|language=en}} was wandering with the dead body of Mata Sati in the sky, Lord Vishnu cut Sati's lifeless body using Sudharshan Chakra into 51 pieces. One of the body parts fell in the Bhardar Pati of Rudraprayag, Uttrakhand.
Another story is that hundreds of years ago, Mathiyana Maa was a girl married to a Tibetan prince. The prince was killed by her stepmother and relatives. When her husband was burned in Rudraprayag, she performed Sati,{{Cite journal|last=Gilmartin|first=Sophie|date=1997|title=The Sati, the Bride, and the Widow: Sacrificial Woman in the Nineteenth Century|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/victorian-literature-and-culture/article/abs/sati-the-bride-and-the-widow-sacrificial-woman-in-the-nineteenth-century/0A244E3F58224BA9179C54D43E439507|journal=Victorian Literature and Culture|language=en|volume=25|issue=1|pages=141–158|doi=10.1017/S1060150300004678|s2cid=162954709 |issn=1470-1553}} throwing herself on her husband's funeral pyre, and then became a goddess who took revenge against murderers.{{Cite web|date=2020-05-19|title=Mathiyana Devi Temple in Uttarakhand - Mathiyana Devi Temple Pooja Timing, Location|url=https://tours.sacredyatra.com/temples/mathiyana-devi-templke-rudraprayag-uttarakhand/|access-date=2021-05-13|website=Religious & Pilgrimage Tour Packages}}
Every year in Narvature, people visit to receive blessings from Mathiyana Maa. She is considered the protector of Bhardar Pati and Rudraprayag.
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