Dadeldhura. On the occasion of Maha Ashtami festival, a fair is being held at the famous religious Shaktipeeth Ugratara Bhagwati Temple in the Far-West. Devotees have flocked to the temple located four kilometers north of the district headquarters of Dadeldhura to attend the Ashtami fair.
According to Tej Bahadur Sanki, chairman of Ugratara Area Development Committee, buffaloes and goats are sacrificed and worshiped along with the Ashtami fair. On the day of Dashain, grand worship is also performed. He said that religious devotees from all nine districts of the far-west and other regions come to the fair.TAG_OPEN_div_14
This temple is considered to be one of the nine temples of Bhagwati in the far west of Nepal. According to the legend, about 2,500 years ago, the people of the Sanki tribe living in Latauli village of present-day Amargadhi Municipality-8 were ploughing the field and the goddess was born after blood flowed from the rock.
TAG_OPEN_div_10 Since then, Ugratara Bhagwati has been worshipped in the form of Mahagauri, Durga and Kali. The Pandits of the Sanki and Bhatt castes of the same Latauli village are still priests. The Ugratara temple is situated on a large area. Since the temple is located on the hill, there is no need to descend to reach the temple. Therefore, the dignity of the temple has increased, said Chairman Sanki.
Mahapuja and a big fair are held on the day of Kartik Shukla Purnima in the Ugratara Bhagwati Temple. In ancient times, when the fighters from Garkha fought with their valor, a river of blood flowed here, which is named as Nwakhola.
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