Mata no Madh temple of Goddess Ashapura

This is a famous temple of Mata Ashapura of Kutch region. This temple is also known as Desh Devi Maa Ashapura of Mata no Madh. Ashapura Mata temples are there in other cities of Gujarat , Maharashtra and Rajasthan but the main temple is located at Mata no Madh in Kutch.

During Navaratri time a village mela or festival is organized here. This is a famous temple and devotees travel by foot from different distance locations to visit the temple and to get blessings of Maa Durga. During Navaratri festival devotees came walking from Mumbai, Jamnagar, Ahmedabad, Rajkot and other places. It will take nearly 10 days to visit temple from Rajkot. Many use cycle to cover the distance. During Navaratri nearly 1 lakhs devotees visit temple in a day. To help devotes camps are arranged with free food, tea, coffee, medicine and other facilities are arranged at different locations on the road leading towards the temple.

The temple is 10 minutes walk from the main road. Connecting Bhju and Lokhapt.

While travelling from Bhuj side you can see the old temple at top of a hill at your left side.

After visiting the temple you can take vehicles to travel Lakhpat village and Narayan Sarovar and Koteshwar Mahadev temple from here.

Bhuj is the main town connected by rail and air network to visit Mata Mandir.

Matanamadh to Bhju is 95 KM ( 2 hours )
Matanamadh to Narayana Sarovar is 60 KM ( 1 Hour )

Pragmahal Palace Bhuj

Lakhpat village

Narayan Sarovar

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