Place · hilltop Buddhist-Hindu Śakti shrine · India
Tārā Devī Temple, Shimla
Also known as Tara Devi
The Tārā Devī Temple at Tārā Parvat, 11 km south-west of Shimla on the Shimla-Kalka road — a 250-year-old shrine founded by Raja Bhūpendra Sen of Keonthal state, who brought the Tārā image here from Bengal. Tārā, the female bodhisattva of compassion in Vajrayāna Buddhism, is worshipped here as a form of Mahādevī. The Shimla-Kalka Railway halt below is named after the temple.
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 31.033, 77.091
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- Site withinShimla
The Tārā Devī Temple at Tārā Parvat, 11 km south-west of Shimla, is a 250-year-old shrine founded by Raja Bhūpendra Sen of Keonthal state, who brought the Tārā image from Bengal. The Tārā of Vajrayāna Buddhism — the female bodhisattva of compassion — is worshipped here as a form of Mahādevī. The Kalka-Shimla railway halt below is named after the temple.
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