Bhalei
Mata Temple, Bhalai –
Legends
As per legend, Goddess Bhadra
Kali appeared in the dreams of a king named Raja Pratap Singh and informed him
about her presence in a place called Bhran about 3 Kms from the current
temple. She ordered the king to bring her from Bhran and build a temple for
her. The king decided to build a temple for her in Chamba Town. The king
accompanied with his officials went to Bhran and discovered the idol. They
started their journey back to Chamba. They decided to take rest at Bhalei.
When they resumed their journey,
they could not able to lift the palanquin in which the deity is housed. A
Brahmin priest from the nearby Kilod village was invited to interpret the omen.
He informed the king that the deity did not want to go to Chamba and desired
her temple to be built in Bhalei
itself. Even, the locals were not happy over the idea of the deity being taken
to Chamba, so they requested the king to construct the
temple at Bhalei.
The king decided to respect the
wishes of the deity as well as locals and built this
temple. The idol of Bhadrakali was robbed by some miscreants in 1973. It is
believed that after reaching a certain distance, they were not able to see
anything. when they drop the idol, they were able to see things. They were
terrified, left the idol and ran away from the
temple. The idol was recovered at Chohra near the dam.
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