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Beri Mandir

According to a popular story, the goddess is named Bhimeshwari because the idol of the goddess was installed by Bhima. It is believed that before the start of the Mahabharata war, Lord Shri Krishna asked Bhima to bring his Kuldevi to the battlefield of Kurukshetra and seek her blessings. So, Bhima went to Hingale hill and requested his Kuldevi to accompany him to the battlefield. The goddess readily agreed but laid down a condition. She said that she would accompany him, but she would not proceed further if he kept the idol on the way. On the way, Bhima placed the idol of the goddess under a berry tree to urinate. Bhima was also thirsty. So, he banged his knee on the ground to draw water. Later, when he tried to lift the idol of the goddess, he suddenly remembered the condition. Bhima took the blessings of the goddess and went to Kurukshetra. After the Mahabharata war was over, when Gandhari left from there, he saw the idol of his Kuldevi. Gandhari built a temple at the same place. The temple established by Gandhari no longer exists, but the throne of the goddess still exists. Today, a wonderful temple of Goddess Maa has been built in Beri.

At Beri, there are two temples. Initially, this place was a dense forest in which Sage Durvasa was living. Every morning Sage Dhruvasa would bring the idol of the Goddess to the outer temple and in the afternoon he would place the idol in the inner temple. This process of carrying the idol from the inner temple to the outer temple is still being followed religiously. The aarti sung by Sage Durvasa is still performed every day in the temple.