Tridevi Temple Kathmandu, Nepal

Tri Devi Temple located at the eastern entrance of Thamel, opposite to the Garden of Dreams and near the Tri Devi sadak. Inside the Tri Devi temple there are three different temples dedicated to goddesses Kamarukamakshya, Dakshinkali and Jawalamai with their own three temples.

Tri Devi Temple has got a lot of stories about the mighty warrior Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa. His son Randhwaj Thapa constructed this temple during 1865 BS. Legend states that Bada Kaji Amar Singh Thapa established these statues from three different places of the ancient Nepal. Legend has it that Amar Singh Thapa established the Kamarukamaksha idol from Guwahati, Assam, Dakshinkali from the central part of Nepal and Jawalamai Devi from the west. The temple of Kamarukamaksha is only here in Nepal.

The visit to this Tri Devi Temple can be quite an experience. Specially, there are also lot of historical statues and art inside the Tri Devi Temple along with other small statues of gods and goddess. Along with these main temples, there are statues of other gods and goddess such as Ganesh, Shiva, Bhairav, Hanuman, Kumari and Saraswati. Different like Parva Puja, Bhajan Kirtan, Prawachan, Bada dashain, Chaitra Dashain, New Year worship ceremony. Along with this, it is customary to offer offerings to the devotees during daily worship, Aarti Shivaratri and Tihar. It is often said that if anyone comes to pray here with pure heart for one single thing then their wish is fulfilled within a year.