Mandi Himachal
Pradesh
Simsa Mata
Temple:- Weaving a dream
of Progeny
During the Navratras it is a
heart-rending sight to see women sleeping on the floor of the temple, seeking a
child from the Maa! Thirty kilometres from Baijnath, in Himachal Pradesh, Maa
Simsa Temple is situated in Simas village,
in the heart of jungle wonderful surroundings. Himachal Pradesh known
for the place of many devi's. But it is the faith of the devotees that makes
this temple different.
People believe that if a woman comes with a pure heart to the
temple of Maa Simsa and sleeps day and night in the temple, abstains from food
and fasts, she has a dream – dream about either fruits that symbolise the boon
for a child. Strange but true, one hears countless accounts of women bestowed
with kids after this experience. It is not that every woman is bestowed with a
child but there are some cases where women don’t dream of fruits etc. In such
cases the woman has to leave the temple.
It is said that if a woman
doesn’t leave the temple in spite of having a dream where her remaining
childless is hinted at, she develops red patches on her body that itch a lot
and the poor woman has to leave the bed. The temple is full of devotees – some
coming to seek boons and others to pay their gratitude. The faith of the
people, thronging the temple from far and wide, speaks a lot about the power of
the unknown that still makes us wonderstruck at the wonders of nature.
