Taleju Temple : Story About Living Goddess And King
Taleju Temple
Taleju Temple : The Shah dynasty kings also considered Tulja Bhavani, the conqueror of Kathmandu, as their goddess and started the whole tradition accordingly. Due to this, it is natural that the influence and importance of Tulja Bhavani will increase in general. In the main square of Hanuman Dhoka, on the day of Navami, Tulja Bhavani is worshiped and the Republic Ayaita is also maintained.
If we want to turn history, we must first go back to the unified Kathmandu kingdom of the Malla kings, when it was not divided. Its center was Bhaktapur. The Malla kings of Bhaktapur practiced Shaivism. His target goddess was Tulja Bhavani and the king of that time had given all the royal honors to Tulja Bhavani.
The oldest of the three palaces in Kathmandu is Bhaktapur, even older than Kathmandu and Lalitpur. Later, Kathmandu was divided into three states. Three kingdoms came into existence during the reign of Yaksha Malla. There was animosity between these three kingdoms, but the Malla king of Kathmandu also accepted Tulja Bhavani as his goddess and built a temple at Hanuman Dhoka.
It is the largest and grandest temple in the Hanumandhoka region. Since the beginning of the Shah’s reign, Kathmandu has been the center and this has increased the importance of the Taleju Temple. There is a tradition of worshiping Shakti during Dashain and the worship of Tulja Bhavani became both special and royal.
The Taleju temple at Hanumandhoka was built much later than the Mallaka period, when three independent kingdoms appeared in Kathmandu. Mahindra Malla started its construction and it is believed that it was rebuilt by Pratap Malla. The Taleju Temple is beautiful in itself and it is best to get there at least for another time, even if it is not an opportunity. Inside this temple, there is a symbol of Tulja Bhavani in the form of a complete urn.
It is said that Tulja Bhavani entered the temple on the night of Navami after it was completed. It is also found to be very culturally famous in our country as a legend and it is also highly valued by culturologists. The main feature of our own cultural tradition is that there is no idol of Goddess inside the temple of Bhagwati.
Instead, there is a full urn installed by calling in its place. This is one of the most interesting aspects of our cultural tradition, according to culturologists. The worship of Tulja Bhavani on the tenth day is called Kalratri Puja. According to that, the biggest power in the world is women. It is believed that chronology was built on this principle.
In fact, the Navratri worship of the tenth begins with Ghatsthapana. According to the tradition of worshiping Shakti on the tenth day, when worshiping a deity, it is customary to invoke one’s desired deity first. Its purpose is to bring its desired deity close to it. For this, it is customary to sit on a sacred object.
According to our tradition, the urn is considered suitable for this. Therefore, after the goddess is inserted into the urn, the worship starts from the same urn. It is not possible to say for sure when Navratri worship started in our country. But, for this we have to go back in history and go back to the same Malla period, when Kathmandu was a unified state. Worship and procession of Nava Durga is held in Bhaktapur every year. Taleju
Bhaktapur is a special center of Navdurga and its worship is believed to have started from there. The great propagation of Tantric religion had taken place in our country long ago, Navadurga worship may be the reason for this.
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