Maa Dewri Temple

Maa Dewri Temple
Maa Dewri Diri
Religion
Affiliation	Sarnaism, Hinduism
District	Ranchi
Deity	Maa Dewri
Location
Location	Diuri village, Tamar, Ranchi, Jharkhand, India[1]
State	Jharkhand
Country	India
Location in Jharkhand
Geographic coordinates	23°02′46″N 85°40′58″E / 23.04611°N 85.68278°E / 23.04611; 85.68278
Elevation	253 m (830 ft)
Website
www.maadewrimandir.com

Maa Dewri Temple is an ancient temple, situated in Diuri village, Tamar near Ranchi in Jharkhand in India.^[2]   The main attraction of the temple is, 700 year old murti of 16-armed village deity Maa Dewri. It is an ancient temple and was renovated few years back. The ancient temple was constructed by interlocking stones without using chalk or binding material. The temple was earlier known as Dewri Diri, meaning sacred stone of Diuri village.^[3][4]

At the temple devotees tie yellow and red sacred threads on bamboo for the fulfilment of their wishes. Upon the fulfillment of their wishes, they again come to the temple and untie the thread. Dedicated to 16-armed Goddess Dewri, the temple is located a little outside the main city of Ranchi. Spread over nearly two acres, this old temple in Ranchi. As per the Legends, whoever has tried to alter the structure of this temple, has had to face the wrath of the gods and suffer consequences. In this temple the goddess is worshiped for six days by the tribal priest, mainly called Pahans and only for one day by the Brahmin Pandas. Located about 60 km from Ranchi, this temple is on the right side of the Ranchi-Tata road, toward the town of Tamar.^[5][6][7]