Mandi: all you need to know about temple district of HP
Here we are talking about the Mandi district. The famous temples of the Mandi are Bhoth Nath and Madhav Rai temple. Different rulers are Raja Ajbar Sen, Raja Suraj Sen and Ishwari Sen. Here we are also talking about its famous International Shiv Ratri festival.A
Mandi: History and famous temple of it
here in this article we are talking about the different ruler of the Mandi district. We are talking about the famous temples of the Mandi and its one of the famous festival which is known as Shiv Ratri.
different ruler of the Mandi Raja Ajbar Sen since 16th century
Raja Ajbar Sen is one of the greatest rulers of the Mandi district. He ruler for long time period and since his time period he had made so many temples in the district and all the temple of the Lords Shiva's. During his time period the peoples of the Mandi district worship the Lord Shiva's. One of the famous temples he made is Bhoth Nath temple which was built in the 16th century and in this temple there is an idol of the Lord Shiva's is placed and there is also a statue of Nandi who is the vehicle of the Lord Shiva's. This temple is the main attraction for the Shiv Ratri festival. The seven days long Shiv Ratri festival takes place in this temple. Raja Suraj Sen since 17th century
After the Raja Ajbar Sen the Raja Suraj Sen ruled the Mandi district for a long time period. During his time period he had also so many temples in the district but all of the temples are of the Lord Vishnu. During his time period the peoples of the Mandi district worship the Lord Vishnu. He built one of the famous temples which is known as Madhav Rai temple. In this temple there is an idol of the Lord Vishnu is place. And also this temple is the main attraction for the Shiv Ratri festival. Shiv Ratri festival also takes place in this temple. Ishwari Sen after the Suraj Sen
Ishwari Sen was the last ruler of the Mandi district. He was selected after the Raja Sural Sen in the 18th century. He had ruled for a long time period. He was defeated by the king of Punjab and gave the prisoner for the 12 years. But the Gurkha who is the invader of the Kangra district in 1972 released him and after reaching his home town he invite the Gurkha to the dinner after that there is Shiv Ratri is celebrated in the Mandi district. This is one of the important festivals of the Mandi district. And it is known as International Shiv Ratri festival.
Famous temple of the Mandi Bhoth Nath temple
Mandi district is basically famous for the temple and the festival. In this district there are so many temples are present and in which there are so many festival takes place. Here we are talking about the one of the famous temple of the Mandi district which is known as Bhoth Nath temple. This temple was built by the local king of the Mandi district who is known as Raja Ajbar Sen in the 16th century. This temple is basically famous for the Lord Shiva's. This temple is the main attraction for the Shiv Ratri festival.
When this temple was built by the Raja Ajbar Sen in the 16th century; than during his time period the peoples of the Mandi district worship the Lord Shiva only. This temple is basically famous for the Nandi who is the vehicle for the Lord Shiva's.
This temple is the main attraction for the Shiv Ratri festival. The seven days Shiv Ratri festival takes place in this temple which is situated in the Mandi town.Madhav Rai temple Madhav Rai temple is one of the famous and religious temple of the Mandi district. This temple was built by the Raja Suraj Sen in the 17th century. He became the ruler of the Mandi after the Raja Ajbar Sen who is the one of the greatest ruler of the Mandi district. This Madhav Rai temple is of Lord Vishnu, in this temple there is an idol of the Lord Vishnu is placed. During his time period he had made so many temples and all of them are of the Lord Vishnu. The main reason is that the previous ruler of the Mandi district raja Ajbar Sen had made only the temple of the Lord Shiva's and the people of this area only worship the Lord Shiva's. So he thinks people must worship the Lord Vishnu that's why he built the temple and placed the idols of the Vishnu in all the temples.
History of the Shiv Ratri festival
In 16th century Raja Ajbar Sen was the one of the greatest king of the Mandi district; he ruled for a long time and built so many temples in the district. But he built one of the famous temples in the Mandi Town which is known as Bhoot Nath temple which is known as temple of Lord Shiva's. During his kingdom the people of this area only worship the Lords Shiva's. But in the 17th century when Raja Sural sen become the king of the Mandi district, than he changed some of the rules of the previous kingdom. During her time period he also built large number of the temples but he built all the temple of the Lord Vishnu and during his time period people of this area worship the Lord Vishnu.
But the main history of this festival is related to the Ishwari Sen, who has been prisoner for the 12 years when he lost during the war with the king of the Punjab. After 12 years he was released by the Gurkha who invaded the Kangra district and after reaching his home town Mandi he invited the Gurkha for the dinner and after that this festival begins. After that this festival celebrated every year in the month of the Feb and March.
