Chichi Mata Temple

Chichi Mata Temple is one of the revered religious sites of the state and it is commonly considered to be the gateway to the temple of Vaishno Devi. The shrine is located in Samba region of Jammu and Kashmir. It is said to be the pehla darshan and integral part of the pilgrimage to the Shrine of Mata Vaishno Devi. The Yatra of Vaishno Mata remains incomplete unless one pay visit to Chichi Mata. Large numbers of devotees throng the temple during the festival of Navratra.

History of Chichi Mata Temple

The Chichi Mata Temple has an interesting history. In keeping with Hindu mythology, it was believed that Goddess Durga is the reincarnation of Goddess Sati. Goddess Sati left her life after jumping into the ceremonial fire organized by her father Yaksh to take vengeance as her father insulted Lord Shiva, her husband. Lord Shiva, after knowing about Sati’s death, took her lifeless body and roamed around insanely. To restore him to sanity, Lord Vishnu cut Sati’s body in 52 pieces with Sudarshan Chakra which fell on earth at various places. It is said that Chichi Mata temple is erected on the location where Goddess Sati’s smallest finger fell down. This emphasizes the importance of the temple and how rightly it is termed as the gateway to Vaishno Devi.

The ardent followers of Chichi Mata can experience the divine presence of the Supreme Power in the holy sanctorum of the temple.
The native population of the state has great faith on the overriding power of the Supreme Being of Chichi Mata.

Every year during Navratra, flag hoisting ceremony takes place where the management committee of Pujya Chichi Devi Mandir Samba hoists flag at devasthan.