shitla devi temple

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Shitladevi Temple

12Jan

The Township of Kelve is situated on the Western Railway, nearly 75 Kilometers from Mumbai Central Railway Station, about 12 Kilometers from Palghar and Saphale Railway Stations and about 6 Kilometers away from Kelve Road Railway Station the word Kelve is a corruption of the Sanskrit word Kardalivaha this means that the township of Kelve has an important place to the Mythology and History. This land has been rendered holy lay the foot-prints of lofted Romea. Kelve town coasts of a very ancient temple of the Goddess Shitala-Mata. This temple, built in very distant past,
underwent a complete renewal and restoration at the hands of a seventhly female ruler Devi Ahilyabai Holkar about three hundred years ago-thereafter, the temple structure had become worn-out and frayed. Some wise and discerning soul in the Kelve town, constituted a Repairs and restoration committee and varied out repairs, renewal and restoration of the old structure in 1986.

Opposite the Shitala Devi Temple, there is an irrigated land called Bagalwadi and the Goddess Shitala is reported to have inherited this land security. As times went by the Goddess made a divine appearance before a farmer in his dream. The news spread far and wide among the people of the Gopal- and they forthwith searched out the Goddess. Though they did not know the exact place of her residence, they reached the proper spot and dug out her idol they brought the idol of the Goddess to the township in procession with drums and fun-fare and installed the image quite ceremoniously at the place where it remains to-day.
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