Mata Mansa Devi Temple

Millions of devotees visit this temple twice a year during the Navratri festival which is undoubtedly the best time to visit the Mansa Devi temple. Shardiya Navratra mela are organized at the shrine complex during Chaitra and Ashvin months which is looked after by Shri Mata Mansa Devi Shrine Board of Panchkula. These melas are of 9 days duration each time and concludes on the 9th day. On the 7th and 8th day of Navratras, the temples of Shrine Complex are closed only for two hours during the night for cleaning maintenance of the temples. For the rest of Navratras, the temples remain open for darshan from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Temple Pooja Daily Schedule

During summers, Mansa Devi temple remains open from 4-00 A.M. to 10-00 P.M. and in the winter season, it is open from 5-00 A.M. to 9-00 P.M during which anyone can have darshan from the main gate. There is a seperate gate for exit. Red Stone Pavement of size 75’X105’ has been provided in from of Shakti Dhwaj where devotees wait for their turn. Brass railing from Shakti Dhwaj to Ardh Mandap has been laid so that devotees may enter the temple in two queues and have easy Darshan without any difficulty of rush. The devotees are allowed to bring packed parshad in th eandir. The Parshad so offered by the devotees is placed in the feet of the deity and returned to the devotees. Offering in kind is poured in the Dan Pater placed infront of each temple.