AMBIKA BHAWANI TEMPLE(AAMI)

Idol of the Godess

The place is situated about 37 km east of Chapra and 4 km west of Dighwara. It is said that in ancient times there was a Dirgh dwar near Dighwara Railway station and the place came to be known as Dighwara. In Aami there is an old temple known as Amba asthan .This temple is dedicated to Lord Durga. Near the temple there is a garden and a deep and broad well in which water remains all over the year and it never dries up. The believer from far off come to pay oblation in the established in her memory over this Yagya Kunda. The believers from far off come to pay oblation in the Navratra of April and October. Water offered here by lacs of People vanishes in the Kunda.

HISTORY OF THE TEMPLE

This temple is claimed to be a Shaktipeeth.As the legend has it, Durga Saptshati said that when disillusioned with the state of affairs of wordly practices, Raja Surath and Samadhi Vaishya went to the ashram of Medhamuni. He advised them to worship goddess Durga who controls the entire cosmos.

Both went to the riverside and made pinds of clay and worshipped her. Goddess Durga responded to their prayer and appeared to fulfil their wishes.

This is the only place in the country that matches the narration in Durga Saptshati. Shakti Ank of the religious book Kalyan also confirms that this particular place is a shaktipeeth.

The Durga temple alongside a river at Kankhal in Haridwar, too, is said to be the worship place of these two people. However, the idol of Durga is not made of clay there.

Though the temple of Daksha Prajapati is situated at Kankhal, Aami is said to be the yagya sthal — pyre of Prajapati where his daughter Parvati, wife of lord Shiva gave her life after jumping into the fire.

She did it since she could not take the insult of Shiva. The puranas and related ancient stories say that this temple is situated on the pyre place of Daksha Prajapati.

Page 130 of Saran Gudgetier also affirms that this was the place of Raja Prajapati and the prayer spot of Raja Surath and Samadhi Vaishya.

It is said that after Parvati jumped in the pyre, Shiva took her corpse and started a taandav dance to bring the world to an end.

Seeing the dance, Lord Vishnu started cutting parts of Parvati’s body to mellow down Shiva. Wherever Parvati’s body parts fell, those places are considered to be shaktipeeths.

In Aami, the Kati-Pradesh (middle portion) of Parvati fell. Here the idol is in the shape of vulva with nine pinds.

A very strange speciality is that this temple is situated at a place from where Lord Shiva’s Pashupatinath temple in Kathmandu, Vishvanath temple in Varanasi and Vaidyanath Dham in Deoghar are at equal distance.

Main entrance of the temple

ACCESSIBILITY

This Place is quiet accessible through all of the modes of transportation:-

ROADWAYS:- From the state capital Patna it is the place that comes in the route of Chapra, Siwan and Gopalganj. so Buses going to these districts are carrying passenger upto Aami  however it is advised that before boarding to this place one should confirm about the stopage of bus with the bus condutor.
From Hajipur Auto Rickshaw going to Dighwara is also the option. from Dighwara one can get Tanga or Rickshaw as the distance is very short.


AIRWAYS:- Nearest Airport is Patna


RAILWAYS:- Nearest railway station is Dighwara after that option of roadway is there.

Massive Idol of Lord Shiva inside the Premises of temple