SHREE HUDH MATA & TRISANDHYA MATA

 Hudh Mata Shrine is located in the lap of famous Brahma Peak, said to be abode of Lord Brahma which is situated in Dachhan area of Kishtwar Distt of J&K and about 90 Kms from Kishtwar town at an altitude of about 8500 ft. and few Kms away from Hudh Mata Shrine there flows Trisandhya Nadi (stream) miraculously.
To pay obeisance to the deity and get the blessings of the Goddess, a yearly yatra namely Shri Hudh Mata (Trisindhya) Yatra is being arranged since early eighties.This year the Yatra will start from Gouri Shankar Mandir Kishtwar on 4 July. Pious Charri shall be taken from Shri Radha Krishan Mandir village Sounder (Dachhan) on 5 July with haltages at Virat Mata Mandir Dilgoot (Panjdhara) and will reach the Bhawan on 8 July. On the said day pilgrims shall have a bath in the pious water of Trisindhya stream. After performing Havan and offering Puran Ahuti on 8.07.2010 the Yatris will return their homes.
Shree Hudh Mata and Trisandhya are mentioned in the Holy Shrimad Devi Bhagvat Puran and As per a local myth, it is believed that after yogic self immolation of Mata Parvati in the Yagya of his father, Daksh Prajapati, Lord Shiva, on coming to know about this mis-happening reached the Yagya sathal and destroyed it and beheaded his father-in-law Daksh Prajapati. He took her dead body on his shoulders and wandered in the universe. At last He reached this place with some portion of the dead body which by then had been cut into 52 pieces by Lord Vishnu with his Sudershan Chakra. On reaching this place, He disappeared alongwith the remaining portion of the dead body in this holy place,so this place called SidhPeeth.
Trisandhya Nadi (stream) flows miraculously thrice a day from the top of a hill, and it also cease to exist naturally. The water is luke warm. It is not a regular flowing stream like other streams and mostly remains dry. The volume of the water is so much that it can run a mill. There is neither any lake nor any pond on the top of the hill where from the water could spill. As per Hindu mythology Trisandhya means three times of worship i.e. early morning, noon and evening prayers. Another astonishing fact is that water starts decreasing from the bottom of the stream towards upperside which should have been otherwise as a normal course. One can see the water coming from the upper side but receding from the bottom. After 1 or 2 hours flow not a single drop of water is seen in the stream. This is really a amazing glimpses, perhaps seen no where else. To have a bath in this miraculous stream is considered lucky and auspicious because some times it does not flow as per its routine and the devotees return disappointed and without having a pious bath.
There is a small cave where three naturally formed Shivlings exist. Milky-lime water is dripping on them from the sealing of the cave through naturally formed nipples of udders. There used to be a very small pond, kund inside the cave and with the help of torch light images of different Devi - Devtas could be seen. Mostly the images of Shiv Parivar were seen, some times jointly and some time separately. The amazing thing was that if one devotee saw the image of Lord Shiva, other could not see the same. He could see the image of Mata Parvati or Lord Ganesh or any other Devi, Devta. Unfortunately that pond was broken by some one and does not exist now. Such images can now be seen in another Pond (water bouli) on the top of the cave where Mata Bhawan is constructed. These images cannot be caught in camera nor can these be videographed, but the pilgrims who pay obeisance in the shrine have these darshans and later on they tell that they have had the Darshan of such and such Devi, Devta which means that they have seen the images of different Devi, Devtas in the pious water of bouli. Besides, one can see pairs of pigeons mostly seen in natural Shiv shrines and a live snake is found near the cave and the devotees feel lucky and delighted after having their glimpses.
I request all of you to have this yatra....and get the blessings of the Goddess Shree Hudh Mata and Trisandhya