Umiya-Mata-Mandir, Umiya Temple, Unjha, Mehsana, Gujarat
Umiya-Mata-Mandir, Umiya Temple, Unjha, Mehsana, Gujarat

Umiya Temple, Unjha, Mehsana, Gujarat

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Locale:Unjha, Mehsana district, Gujarat
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Umiya  Mata Temple is the Temple of Goddess Umiya, Kuldevi of Patidars. It is located in the center of Unjha, Mehsana district, Gujarat, India, where thousands of visitors visit every day. It is about 1200 years old but it was rebuilt around a century ago with the aid of the people living there. Shree Maa Umiya, the almighty mother Goddess of the universe is the kuldevi of the kadva patidar community. Maa Umiya has given birth to this universe as the mother Goddess. Maa Saraswati, Maa Lakshmi and Maa kali are her incarnations only. Whenever the dark devilish elements raised their heads, the deity has takenvarious forms and Swarups to demolish them and protect the good and religious.Wherever in the world there is Strength, there is the Maa Umiya as the source; she only is the giver of strength and divinity.

Architecture

According to the old mythological stories, Maa Umiya Temple was established by Lord Shankar himself at Unjha. In the year 156 BC Vikram Samvat- 212, King Vrajpal Sinhji constructed the temple. King Avnipat had done a very big yagna with the one lakh twenty five thousand coconuts and a well full of ghee. In the Vikram Samvat 1122/24, Vegda Gami constructed the temple which was demolished by Alluddin Khilji’s commander Ulugh Khan. That temple was where currently the Mollot wing houses the Sheshshayi. The statue of the Mataji is carefully preserved at Mollot’s big Madh and today there is a Gokh there. It is the true foundation of the Umiya Mata temple.

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How to Reach:

Maa Umiya Temple was established by Lord Shankar himself at Unjha, in Mehsana district of Gujarat. Unjha is located at approximately 100 kilometres distance from Ahmadabad city in Gujarat.

When you want to visit Umiya Mata Temple, you need to reach Ahmadabad first from New Delhi or Mumbai by taking a flight, train or by car, then reach up to Mehsana by bus or train, then from Mehsana you can reach Unjha again by taking a bus, train or taxi. To reach Unjha via Mehsana district from Ahmadabad, you need to take the State Highway no. 41.

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