Chotila Ma Chamunda - Hindu temple in Chotila - Surendranagar, India

Chotila: Pilgrim place Chotila where Goddess Chamunda's temple is located atop the hill will have funicular ride service. Funicular is a small train type service which is used as an alternative to steps. The project is likely to be completed in a year. Funicular will replace the old steps on the mountain. It will run using a heavy electric motor. Pilgrims will need to go through 25 steps after which the ride will begin. The ride will go upto the Batuk Bhairav mandir on the hill, from where pilgrims will need to go through another 20 steps to reach Chamundra mandir. Thus pilgrims will need to go through 45 steps only. Such funicular rides are at present functional at Saptashrungi mandir near Nashik and Jivdaya mandir near Virar in Maharashtra. In Gujarat, this will be the first project to have a funicular. The Chotila Chamunda Mandir is at the top of Chotila hill. The top of the hill is 1,173 feet above sea level. About 700 steps lead up to the top. Chamunda Mataji is the kuldevi of many communities in Gujarat (family Goddess). Most Mataji temples in India are built on top of hills. Chotila is a small town in Gujarat with about 22,000 people. It is the taluka headquarters for the Rajkot district and the taluka headquarters of Chotila taluka. The Chotila Chamunda Mandir is at the top of Chotila Mountain, on the peak and it's about 50 miles from Rajkot and 40 miles from Ahmedabad. In Gujarat, a well-known temple is on a mountain peak called Chotila. Chamunda Mata, also known as Rann-chandi, is a form of Durga and the goddess of force. Since Mata is also called Chandi-Chamunda Mata, her illusion looks like a twin's. Chotila is a small town in Gujarat with about 20,000 people. It is the head office of a taluka in the Surendranagar district. On the top of Chotila Mountain is where the Mataji temple. About 1250 feet is how high Chotila Mountain is. Every year, thousands of people from all over India visit the Chotila Chamunda Mandir. Chamunda Mata is the Kuldevi of many groups in Gujarat, so people come here to see Mataji. Navarati is a special time to come here because every temple of Ma Devi Shakti in India celebrates these nine days with great devotion. Aside from Navratri, many devotees come here every Sunday and on holidays. During the month of Kartik, thousands of people came here to see ma devi and be blessed by her. The Chotila Chamunda Mandir trust does many things, such as running the Bhojanalaya, Guest Room, and Festivals. A devotee can also do rituals like Navchandi Yagya, Chaul Kriya, and other Yagya, depending on their desire. There are a lot of private hotels, guest houses, Dharm Shala, restaurants, and Bhojanalaya in Chotila to help devotees. The Chotila Chamunda Mandir is on National Highway No. 8 in Taleti Chotila, which makes it easy for people who have never been there before to find it. The late Zaverchand Meghani, Saurashtra's most famous author, poet, journalist, freedom fighter, and journalist, was also born in Chotila. The house where Zaverchand Meghani was born was in bad shape for a long time, but now some people are trying to fix it. No one, not even the pujaris, is allowed to stay near the temple after the evening of Aarti. This can start with the story of a man who spent the night sleeping outside the temple. He was at the bottom of the hill when he woke up the next morning. People think that a lion keeps the Maa safe. So, there is a lion statue close to the mataji Temple.

Jay Chamunda ma...... Divine temple . Chotila is a small town having population of around 20,000 people and is a taluka head quarter of Surendranagar district, Gujarat. The Mataji temple is situated at the top of the Chotila Mountain. Chotila Mountain is around 1250 feet high and is located around 40 miles away from Rajkot, and around 50 miles away from Ahmedabad. Famous Hindi film actress Dimpal Kapadia was born in Chotila. She is elder daughter of Chotila's Gujarati entrepreneur Chunnibhai Kapadia and his wife Betty. When her daughter twinkle Khanna(now married to famous Hindi film hero Akshay Kumar) visited Ahmedabad some years back, she specially visited Chotila and paid her visit to Chamunda temple on the hill.

Family trip after 14 years. Walking down all this memory lane feels great

Peacefully prayer can be made

Very nice place

Nice temple

Nice devotional place.

This is a bus stop not mandir...