About Nalateswari
About 15 kms away from Rampurhat city, is the holy site of Maa Nalateswri Temple. This temple was been established around 1400 years back when “Kamdev†had dreamt Nalhati is one of the 51 shakti peethas was discovered to be under a banyan tree where the Nala or the throat was fallen of Maa Sati, whose body was being cut into many prices by the chakra of lord Vishnu.
Also known as Maa or “Bhagobidhata-Nalateswri†or “Devi Parvatâ€i or “Kalika†by the devotees who line up this this temple,
If you have a look at this holy shrine, then you would be amazed to how beautifully “Garb Griha†(sanctum sanctorum) of this temple is crowned with a raised pinnacle where deity of Maa Nalateswri is worshipped.
The “Nala†or throat of the divine sati, gives the cause of this temple get the name Nalateswri. No matter how much water is being poured down the throat, it will never gets overflowed or dried up even in the absence of it for many days. Even when the water is moves down the throat there is a sound produced which can be recognised as a gulp echo. Such interesting facets make worshippers believe in the liveliness of the blessings of Maa Nalateswri.
The trustee of this temple is very cooperative with the visiting devotees all the year round.