TRAVEL BROCHURE

SHRI ARASURI AMBAJI TEMPLE,

BANASKANTHA, GUJARAT

MY ROUTE MAP

1) House 11:00 AM So, we started our journey from our

house.
2) Sachana 12:40 PM Sachana was a diversion point from
state highway to Mehsana-Ambaji
Route.
3) Kadi 1:25 PM At Kadi, we stopped at a shop for
some snacks.
4) Mehsana 2:15 PM At Mehsana, we stopped at a
restaurant for lunch.
5) Danta 4:57 PM At Danta, we decided to stay in a
hotel and visit the temple at the
morning.
6) Shri Arasuri Mata 9:02 AM At morning, we woke up, got
Temple Ambaji freshened & visited the temple after
driving 28 mins.
 ABOUT DESTINATION
Ambaji is an important temple town with millions of devotees visiting the Ambaji
temple every year. It is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas. Ambaji Mata temple is a
major Shakti Peeth of India. In the holy temple of "Arasuri Ambaji", there is no
image or statue of goddess the holy "Shree Visa Yantra" is worshiped as the
main deity. No one can see the Yantra with naked eye. The photography of the
Yantra is prohibited. The Arasuri Ambe Mata or Arbuda Mataji is kuldevi of
Barad Parmaras. The original seat of Ambaji Mata is on Gabbar hilltop in the
town. A large number of devotees visit the temple every year especially
on Purnima days.

HISTORY OF AMBAJI
Ambaji Temple is key shrine of goddess, worshiped from pre Vedic period. As per
the Markandeya Puran, Sati, daughter of King Daksh Prajapati, was great
devotee of Lord Shiva and did intense penance to please Lord Shiva. Finally Lord
Shiva had accepted her hand for marriage. But King Daksha was not happy with
this marriage. To insult Lord Shiva, Daksha held Yagya and invited all God and
reputed persons except the Sati and Lord Shiva. Sati had decided to confront
her father at Yagya. Lord Shiva tried to stop her by doing this but Sati went
to Yagya. King Daksh did not welcomed her and use this occasion to insult her
and Lord Shiva in front of all God and reputed individuals. Sati could not bear
this humiliation and jumped into holy pyre of the Yagya. Once Lord Shiva got
this information; he was deeply pain and anger on Daksh. Lord Shiva had created
Virbhadra and Bhadrakali with extra ordinary super power and order to kill Daksh
and his army. Then Lord Shiva picked up Sati with burning body and unleashed
his fury in form of legendary Tandava, dance of destruction. The other God and
people started worried about safety of whole universe and requested Lord Vishnu
the supreme Lord, to help out in this situation. Lord Vishnu used the
Sudarashan Chakra and cut the body of Ma Devi Sati in pieces. As per the
legends, Sati’s heart fell over spot marked by Ambaji Temple. Thus this temple is
one of the main Shaki Peeth and Siddh Peeth across 51 Shakti Peeth.
NEARBY PLACES

Gabbar Hill

Kamakshi Mandir

Koteshwar Mandir

Kumbhariya Jain Mandir

 EYE-CATCHING ACTIVITIES

1) 12-D Cinema 2) Rope Ways 3) Gaming Zone

12-D cinema is a thrilling Ropeways are very fast & Gaming Zone near the
combination of 3D easy at hand at the Gabbar Gabbar hill is a place full
Movies, moving Hill. It gives a good with enjoyable and
platforms, and real experience. It is little scary exciting arcade games.
effects including water, but excitimg too. Also it You can enjoy all the
wind, smoke, and many helps the one who cannot games by getting a cheap
more. It is located near climb 1000 steps for the ticket & you can also win
the Gabbar hill. darshan. exciting gifts.

HOW TO REACH AMBAJI

BY ROAD BY TRAIN BY AIR

Ambaji is connected to Abu Road Station is the The nearest airport to

cities like Ahmedabad nearest railway station to Ambaji is Sardar Vallabhai
(180km), Abu Road Ambaji which is at a Patel International Airport
Station (20km), Mt. Abu distance of 20km from the at Ahmedabad which is at
(45km), Delhi (785km), city. The trains are a distance of 180km from
Palanpur (65km) and available from here to all Ambaji. The taxi fare to the
Himmat Nagar (102km). the major cities nearby airport would be around Rs
State owned bus services which includes Delhi. Taxi 2500. The airport is
are available from these services are available connected to all major
cities to Ambaji. from the station to Ambaji cities in India and some
with a minimum fare of international cities too.
Rs200.
 BEST TIME TO VISIT AMBAJI
The best time to visit the Ambaji Temple is during the
winter season or in other words in the month of October,
November & December.

5 BEST HOTELS TO STAY IN AMBAJI

Shree Hotel
Rs.1862/Person

Hotel Royal Heritage Rs. 1944/Person

Hotel The Hind Rs. 2050/Person

Hotel Omkar Rs. 1926/Person

Hotel Sun Plaza Rs. 1500/Person

SOME GLIMPSES OF AMBAJI
 Thank You
BY SAMANYU SINGH VIII ARYABHATTA