Located in the premises of holy religious site Devghat Dham, the Maula Kalika temple locally called danda kalika is a famous religious pilgrimage and tourist site of the nawalparasi district of Nepal. The temple is situated on the hilltop, around a kilometer north of the East-West Highway Narayani River in the mid-part of Nepal
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| Maula Kalika Temple |
The temple is highly-acclaimed from the point of view of religious tourism and ecology for its location in the altitude of 561 metres from sea-level in the summit above the holy shrines of Devghat, which is nestled at the confluence of two rivers- the Kali Gandaki and the Trisuli originating from Damodarkunda and Gosainkunda and on the junction of Nawalparasi, Chitwan and Tanahun districts. This natural location of temple has enhanced her touristy and spiritual attraction. Devghat is regarded as the best and most ancient of the prayagas(confluence of two rivers).
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| Resting place in the way to Maula Kalika |
Situated on the hilltop amidst dense green forest, it is gaining recognition as a spiritual centre as well as a holy place for fulfilling the wishes expressed by devotees and worshippers before the Goddess. Devotees throng the temple every morning to offer worships and prayers to the Goddess who is believed to materialize people’s longings.
With the increased beauty and panorama of the place with the systematic prayers to the temple since 2038 BS, infrastructure development on the people’s mobilization and constructions of temple in pyagoda style in 2052 BS, the score of visitors has remarkably gone up in the temple for last few years. The snow-capped scenic beauty in the north, holy place Devghat, Chitwan National Park forest park
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| view of naryanghardh from maula kalika |
Worth-seeing scenes from the hilltop and the pleasure one feels from trekking and wandering green dense forests also mesmerize people there, rocketing the number of visitors arriving in this altitude from all parts of the country thereby help promote internal tourism in the area.
Visitors can offer prayer and worship to Siddi Binayak Ganesh, Shree Krishna and Deurali Devi on the way to Maulakalika and take joy of the incredible natural beauty intensified by the forest and cool and clean weather on the way to the temple.
There has been public belief that their wishes have been accomplished following the worship to the Goddess Kalika believed to impart conspicuous divine power. Hence, devotees and youths are said to have attained their cherished wishes and intended love with the adoration of Bhagawati.
The beautiful statues and idols of Mahakali, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswori, female deities as well as Tulsimath and
Shivalinga have been set up in the temple premises. Likewise, the temple is well-equipped with RCC kitchen building, room for guests and religious citations, welcome gate, hospitality building and so on. There has also been sound management of drinking water and electricity in the temple.
Visitors felt very difficult to reach the temple a decade before. Everyone is taken aback with the unimagined development of the area when s/he visits the temple after ten years. The temple is a quintessence of human efforts and endeavors, showing what people cannot do with their strong commitment and unwavering will.
Historical background of the temple:
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| View Of Devghat from maula kalika |
In the beginning of the 16th century (around 500 years ago) during the rule of the king of palpa manimukunda sen , the army of that time had created a maula and established the maula along with statue of kalika bhagwati and started praying goddess and later the temple along with its conten was vanished under the land after the major earth quake in Nepal. Later on 2032 B.S,.a cenior citizen of gandakot named kashinath paudyal saw goddess in his dream and the place recommended by him was later checked in the presence of authorities and the people found maula, some ghantas and statues in the recommended place. Later the Local people form the committee and started worshipping the godess and form temples and other infrastructure. Later the number of piligrims from different part of the country and northen part of India
