Sheetla Mata Mandir
Sheetla Mata Mandir, Masani Village, Sector 6, Gurgaon, Haryana 122006, India
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About
Sheetala Mata Mandir is found at Gurugaon village, a suburb of Gurgaon (Guru Dronacharya's birth place), in the state of Haryana. Sheetala Devi is also called as Bhagat Lalita Maa and Masani Maa. In fact the word Sheetala refers to the disease smallpox. And it is believed that if this deity is invoked with faith, she dispels the disease. Situated near a pond, this temple witnesses hordes of pilgrims throughout the year, except during the month of Shravana (July-August). During the month of Chaitra (March-April), this place resembles like Kumbh-Mela.A section of the visitors come for the mundan ceremony ( the first hair cutting ceremony) of their children and offer the crop of hair at the altar of goddess. Among other visitors married couples also come to invoke the blessings of the goddess for a happy married life.