MAUSI MAA MANDIR

4.5

Location: RR8Q+MR5, Grand Road, Mausima Ln, Balagandi, Puri, Odisha 752001, India

Estimated Visiting Time: 1 hour

Mausi Maa Mandir is one of the most beautiful Temples in Odisha. This Temple is dedicated to the goddess Maa Ardhashini. Many people all over the world visit this place. After visiting this place, you feel the peacefulness of mind and soul. This Temple is situated in the middle of Bada Danda of Puri. This Temple is so powerful that you wanna visit there more and more. The presence of rehashing makes you feel just another level of experience. So, must visit this Temple once in your life.

Attraction

This is a great holy place that you would like to visit again and again. It’s a famous and ancient temple.
Mausi Maa Mandir is a very famous Hindu temple – dedicated to the goddess Ardhashini. People visit this Temple to seek blessings for a better life and mental peace.
If you ever visit this place, then you must visit in the evening time, then you can join the arti of lord shiva, which is so peaceful, and at that time, you can feel the presence of lord shiva.
Even you can see the sunset view from this place and will see how beautiful this Temple look in the sunset time. Personally, I just love to visit this place. This place gives me another types of vibes, the holiness of this place, its just gives me the power to do anything, I feel so safe, peace after entered this mandir.

History

The local people of this place said that, Once Laxmi Devi left, Shri Mandi and Jagannath Balabhadra became poor. So they had to go to begging. When they went begging, Subhadra was staying there with maa Mausi, known as Ardhashini. It has been mentioned in the Skanda Purana that goddess Ardhashini drank half of the seawater, which is flooded puri. During the return journey of the Ratha Yatra festival, the chariot of Shri Jagannath stops at Mausi Maa Mandir and is offered their favorite Poda Pitha, a kind of baked cake made with lentils and rice.

Inside/Outside Views

Almost all the festivals in this temple are celebrated. The atmosphere of this temple brings peace to the hearts and minds of the devotees and tourist destinations. A festival has been organized by the people of this place. Every morning and evening devotees doing arti. That’s the best experience for any visitor. So must visit this temple in the evening time or morning time just to attend that arti. Its surely remove all the tensions. And Relief your mind and soul. You feel the holiest and presence of goddess Ardhashini in this temple.

Personally, I just love to visit this place. This place gives me another types of vibes, the holiness of this place, its just gives me the power to do anything, I feel so safe, peace after entered this mandir. You must visit this mandir in the evening time to join the evening arti. It gives you peace of mind and soul.
You will love this temple for sure and want to visit this temple more and more.

Opening Hours

This temple is open for 24 hours. So you can visit this temple anytime. But I think evening is the best time to visit this temple.

Entry & Others Fees

There is no entry fee for this park. You can visit there free of cost.

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How to Reach

By air: Biju Patnaik airport is the nearest airport to the Mausi Maa Mandir view. You can easily reach there by air.

By train: Bhubaneswar railway station is the nearest station to this place. After reaching the station, you can take an auto-rickshaw or hire a cab to reach your destination.

By road: I think by road is the best way to reach there. You can hire a car or cab to reach your destination directly. Otherwise you can take a bus to reach Bhubaneswar city first, then take a auto rickshaw to reach anywhere.