One of the many important temples of India, is the Bahuchar Mata Temple in Gujarat’s Mehsana district. Of the fifty one Shakti Peethas (abode of Goddess Shakti or Sati) in India, the Bahuchar Mata Temple is one of the three in Gujarat. It is believed that during the Tandava dance of Lord Shiva, the left hand or “bahu” of Ma Devi Sati had fallen here. She is the patron goddess of the eunuchs and is worshipped as Goddess Bala Tripura Sundari.
In September 2014, I had the opportunity to accompany a senior and celebrated photographer from Calcutta on a relative wet day. The 100 kilometre drive was rather uneventful, barring a few broken roads submerged by gushing water from overflowing waterbodies.
