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Mahur · Maharashtra

Sri Renuka Mata

Sri Renuka Mata (Ekavira Devi) Temple — Matapur / Mahurgad, Nanded District, Maharashtra

Renuka Mata / Ekavira Devi — Mahurye Ekavirika; 8th of the Ashtadasha Shakti Pithas; mother of Parashurama

अन्य नाम: Ekavira Devi · Ekavirika · Yellamma (Karnataka tradition) · Ekvira · Yamai · Mariamman · Padmakshi Renuka · Renuka Bhavani · Ucchangi Mariamma · Matapur Niwasini Jagadamba

  • Ashtadasha Maha Shakti Pitha
  • Maharashtra Sade-Teen
  • 51 Shakti Pithas tradition
  • Datta 3.5 Sthan
Sri Renuka Mata
दर्शन समय
06:00 – 22:00
स्वरूप
Sanctum holds only the face/head as a sw…
स्थान
Mahur · Maharashtra
उत्तम ऋतु
October-March is best
काल
Very ancient

इस मन्दिर की विशेषता

  • Ashtadasha Maha Shakti Pitha — 8th Pitha in Adi Shankaracharya's stotram; verse: 'Mahalakshmih Kolhapure, Mahurye Ekavirika'
  • Maharashtra Sade-Teen (3.5) Shakti Pithas — a full pitha (the other two full: Mahalakshmi Kolhapur + Tulja Bhavani Tuljapur; the half: Saptashringi Vani)
  • 51 Shakti Pithas tradition — Renuka's head fell here (linked to the Parashurama narrative); Renuka-shirsha pitha
  • Datta 3.5 Sthan — Mahur is the birthplace (Adi-sthan) of Dattatreya; other Datta tirthas: Audumbar, Narsobawadi, Ganagapur
  • Doctrinal mother tirtha of the pan-India Renuka-Yellamma-Mariamman tradition (Maharashtra + Karnataka + Tamil Nadu + Telangana + Andhra + Gujarat)
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मूल विग्रह

मुख्य देव एवं स्वरूप

Sri Renuka Mata — face/head-only swayambhu (self-manifested) form; the unique aniconic Devi-form among all Indian Shakti Pithas; when Parashurama turned back, his mother emerged from the earth only up to her head

Sanctum holds only the face/head as a swayambhu murti, adorned with gold ornaments (earrings, nose-ring, garlands); the only face-only Devi-form among all Shakti Pithas in India

सम्प्रदाय: Shakta — mother tirtha of the Renuka-Yellamma tradition; paired with the Datta sampradaya (Mahur is also Dattatreya's birthplace)

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स्थल-पुराण

कथा, इतिहास एवं महत्व

Ashtadasha Shakti Peetha Stotram

Composed by Adi Shankaracharya — verse: 'Mahalakshmih Kolhapure, Mahurye Ekavirika' — scriptural confirmation of Ekavirika as the 8th Pitha

Devi Bhagavata Purana

Chapter 38 (Devi Gita) — 'The second place is Matripura in the Sahyadri mountain; here the Devi Renuka dwells'; named as Matapur / Matripura

Vayu Purana

Source of the Renuka Stotram (Parashurama-kritam) — composed by Parashurama for the revival of his mother

Mahabharata

Renuka-Jamadagni-Parashurama narrative — Kartavirya Arjuna (Sahasrarjuna) seizing the Kamadhenu; Jamadagni's death; Renuka's decapitation

Bhagavata Purana + Harivamsa

Parashurama (6th Vishnu avatar) narrative and the Renuka-vadha account

संत एवं परम्परा

  • Maharshi Jamadagni (Saptarishi) — Renuka's husband; Parashurama's father
  • Renuka Mata — after Jamadagni's killing by Kartavirya Arjuna, Renuka was decapitated at the hands of her son Parashurama; brought back through Parashurama's tapasya but emerged only up to her head
  • Parashurama (6th Vishnu avatar) — revived Renuka at Mahur through matri-tarpana; composer of the Renuka Stotram (Vayu Purana); performed Jamadagni's last rites at the Matru Tirtha
  • Dattatreya — born at Mahur (son of Atri and Anasuya); guided Parashurama through the rites for Renuka; Mahur is Dattatreya's Adi-sthan
  • Atri and Sati Anasuya — performed tapas on the Anasuya hill at Mahur; parents of Dattatreya
  • Adi Shankaracharya (8th century) — installed a Banalinga at Mahur during his visit; praised the temple as 'Mahurye Ekavirika' (8th Pitha) in the Ashtadasha Stotram
  • Yadava kings of Devagiri (~12th century) — built the present temple structure
  • Maharshi Shandilya — composer of the Renuka Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram (108 names)

ऐतिहासिक घटनाक्रम

  1. 8008th century — Adi Shankaracharya placed Mahurye Ekavirika as the 8th Pitha in the Ashtadasha Shakti Peetha Stotram; installed a Banalinga — Stotra Nidhi + Tirtha Yatra + Hindupedia + AstroVed multi-source
  2. 1200~12th century — Yadava kings of Devagiri built the present temple structure — Outlook + AstroVed + Templesofindia + Nagpur Today multi-source
  3. 13581358 CE — Bahmani Sultanate annexation of Mahur Fort — Wikipedia Mahur Fort
  4. 15271527 CE — Nizam Shahi rule — Wikipedia Mahur Fort
  5. 16171617 CE — Mughal rule (including the Shah Jahan period) — Wikipedia Mahur Fort
  6. 19481948 — Mahur included in the Republic of India after the Hyderabad Nizam's accession — Wikipedia Mahur Fort
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नित्य उपासना

दर्शन समय एवं आरती

06:00 से 22:00 तक

Mangala Aarti05:00
Daily

First aarti of the day

Morning Darshan06:00-12:00
Daily
Afternoon Darshan12:00-18:00
Daily
Sandhya Aarti18:00
Daily

Principal evening aarti

Night Darshan18:00-22:00
Daily

फोटोग्राफी: Photography prohibited in the sanctum

विशेष नियम: ~200-250 stone-cut steps to the hilltop sanctum; doli (palanquin) service available for elderly / unable; devotees permitted to perform self-aarti

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दर्शन

दर्शन के प्रकार

General Free Darshan (with self-aarti)निःशुल्क
समय
06:00-22:00
उपयुक्त
All devotees

~200-250 steps to the hilltop; devotees permitted to perform self-aarti in the sanctum.

Doli Darshan
उपयुक्त
Elderly / unable to climb

Local carrier service to and from the hilltop.

Online Darshan Pass and Live Darshan stream

Online booking and live darshan on the official temple portal.

Special pujas (Navchandi Path, Abhishek, Panchamrut Abhishek, Mahapuja)
उपयुक्त
Navaratri / Datta Jayanti / Vijayadashami sankalpa

Booking via the temple trust.

Thulabaram (Tulabhara)

Offer grain/coins equal to body weight to the Devi.

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उत्सव

प्रमुख पर्व एवं उत्सव

Chaitra (Vasanta) Navaratri — Ghatasthapana on Gudi PadwaChaitra Shukla Pratipada-Navami

Ghatasthapana at 12:30 PM on Gudi Padwa; Maha-aarti; saptadhanya seed sowing; panchamrut abhishek with a yellow Paithani saree. 2026 — Thursday 19 March to Friday 27 March.

Parashurama JayantiVaishakha Shukla Tritiya (Akshaya Tritiya)

Birth anniversary of Parashurama (Renuka's son); special puja at Mahur. 2026 — Sunday 19 April.

Sharadiya Navaratri — flagship temple festivalAshvin Shukla Pratipada-Dashami

The temple's principal annual festival; thousands of devotees. 2026 Ghatasthapana — Sunday 11 October; Vijayadashami — Tuesday 20 October.

Vijayadashami (Dussehra) MelaAshvin Shukla Dashami

Annual grand mela; the biggest single-day event. 2026 — Tuesday 21 October.

Diwali Lakshmi PujaKartik Amavasya

Peak visitation. 2026 — Sunday 8 November.

Kartik PurnimaKartik Purnima

Peak visitation. 2026 — Tuesday 24 November.

Datta Jayanti (Margashirsha Purnima)Margashirsha Purnima

Mahapuja + Mahaprasad; especially significant because Mahur is the birthplace of Dattatreya. 2026 — Wednesday 23 December.

Makar SankrantiEnd of Paush month

Traditional festival at the Mahur temples. 2027 — 14 January.

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आस्था

मनोकामना एवं फल

Ashtadasha Shakti Pitha pilgrimage sankalpa (8th Pitha)

8th Pitha in Adi Shankaracharya's Ashtadasha stotram — 'Mahurye Ekavirika'; preceded by Mahalakshmi Kolhapur (7); followed by Mahakali Ujjain (9)

स्रोत: Ashtadasha Shakti Peetha Stotram (Adi Shankaracharya)

Maharashtra 3.5 Shakti Pitha pilgrimage (full pitha)

Mahalakshmi (Kolhapur) + Tulja Bhavani (Tuljapur) + Renuka (Mahur) — the three full pithas; Saptashringi (Vani) the half; MSRTC runs special Navaratri circuit buses

स्रोत: Maharashtra Shakta tradition

Renuka-Datta yugma yatra (Mahur's unique 3-hill convergence)

The only tirtha where Adi Shakti (Renuka) + Dattatreya's birthplace + Sati Anasuya's tapasya site coexist in a 3-hill convergence

स्रोत: Sthala tradition + Datta sampradaya

Parashurama matri-tarpana sankalpa

Parashurama performed his mother's last rites at the Matru Tirtha pond at Matripura / Mahur — a unique site for matri-tarpana sankalpa

स्रोत: Mahabharata + Vayu Purana Renuka Stotram

Renuka-Yellamma pan-India tradition sankalpa

Mahur is the mother tirtha of the pan-India Renuka-Yellamma-Mariamman tradition; doctrinal source of Karnataka's Saundatti Yellamma and other regional Renuka shrines

स्रोत: Regional Renuka tradition (multi-state)

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जप

मन्त्र एवं स्तोत्र

  • Renuka Stotram (Parashurama-kritam)StotramVayu Puranaइस मन्दिर हेतुOpening verse — 'Om namaḥ paramānande sarvadevamayi śubhe | akārādi-kṣakārāntaṃ mātṛkā-mantramālinī' — composed by Parashurama for the revival of Renuka
  • Renuka Ashtottara Shatanama Stotram (108 names)NamavaliComposed by Maharshi Shandilyaइस मन्दिर हेतु108 names of Devi Renuka
  • Ashtadasha Shakti Peetha StotramStotramComposed by Adi Shankaracharyaइस मन्दिर हेतुVerse: 'Mahalakshmih Kolhapure, Mahurye Ekavirika' — scriptural confirmation of Ekavirika as the 8th Pitha
  • Renuka Beeja / Invocation mantraMula mantraDevi worship traditionइस मन्दिर हेतुOm Aim Hreem Shreem Renukayai Namah
  • Dattatreya Gayatri MantraGayatri mantraDatta worship traditionइस मन्दिर हेतुOm Draam Hreem Kroum Dattatreyaya vidmahe, Yogishwaraya dheemahi, tanno Dattah prachodayat — paired Renuka-Datta worship at Mahur (Adi-sthan of Dattatreya)
  • Dattatreya Stotram (Narada-kritam)StotramComposed by Narada — recited at Mahur Datta-shikharइस मन्दिर हेतु
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तीर्थाटन

समीप के तीर्थ एवं परिपथ

Datta Shikhar Temple (Dattatreya's birthplace)1.5 किमी

Birthplace of Dattatreya (Adi-sthan); one of the Datta 3.5 sthans; houses a full murti (most Datta temples have only padukas — a full murti is rare)

Atri-Anasuya Shikhar Temple2 किमी

Tapas site of Sati Anasuya and Sage Atri; the tirtha of Dattatreya's parents

Parashurama Temple (within the complex)100 मी

Parashurama (6th Vishnu avatar), Renuka's son

Jamadagni Temple500 मी

Temple of Saptarishi Jamadagni, Renuka's husband and Parashurama's father

Matru Tirtha pond (sacred tank)3 किमी

Parashurama performed Jamadagni's last rites here; mentioned in the Guru Charitra

Mahurgad Fort + Mahakali Temple + Mahur Museum + Raje Udaram Palace + Shaikh Farid Waterfall1 किमी

Multi-dynasty historic fort from the Gond era onward

Sonapir Dargah (Mohar-e-Rasool)2 किमी

Sufi dargah with Urs on the 5th day of each Islamic month; an inter-faith site

Tulja Bhavani (Tuljapur)400 किमी

The other full pitha of Maharashtra's 3.5; Adya Shakti Pith; combined circuit yatra

Mahalakshmi (Kolhapur / Ambabai)600 किमी

The other full pitha of Maharashtra's 3.5; 7th Ashtadasha Pitha

Saptashringi Devi (Vani, Nashik)500 किमी

Maharashtra's 3.5 half-pitha

Maharashtra Sade-Teen (3.5) Shakti Pitha pilgrimage

Third full pitha — Mahalakshmi (Kolhapur) + Tulja Bhavani (Tuljapur) + Renuka (Mahur) + Saptashringi (Vani — half); MSRTC runs special Navaratri circuit buses

4 मंदिर

Ashtadasha Maha Shakti Pitha pilgrimage (Adi Shankaracharya)

8th Pitha — 'Mahurye Ekavirika'; preceded by Mahalakshmi Kolhapur (7); followed by Mahakali Ujjain (9)

18 मंदिर

Datta 3.5 Sthan pilgrimage circuit

Adi-sthan — Mahur (Dattatreya's birthplace) + Audumbar + Narsobawadi + Ganagapur — Maharashtra/Karnataka Datta tirthas

4 मंदिर

Renuka-Yellamma pan-India tradition yatra

Doctrinal mother tirtha — Mahur (Maharashtra) ↔ Saundatti Yellamma (Karnataka) ↔ Chandragutti Renukambe (Shimoga) ↔ Padmakshi Renuka temples (Telangana/AP)

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मार्गदर्शन

यात्रा एवं संपर्क

पता
Sri Renuka Mata Temple (Ekavira Devi / Mahurye Ekavirika), Mahurgad, Mahur Taluka, Nanded District — PIN (unverified — confirm with the Nanded District office), Maharashtra
हवाई अड्डा
Shree Guru Gobind Singh Ji Airport, Nanded — ~100-130 km; Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar International Airport, Nagpur — ~200-222 km
रेलवे
Kinwat Railway Station — ~50 km (nearest rail head); Nanded Junction — ~126 km
बस-स्टैण्ड
Mahur Bus Stand; MSRTC runs regular buses from Nanded/Yavatmal/Nagpur/Akola/Amravati; special 'Sade-Teen Shakti Pith' circuit buses during Navaratri
उत्तम ऋतु
October-March is best; Sharadiya Navaratri (11-20 October 2026) is peak; Vijayadashami mela (21 October 2026); Datta Jayanti (23 December 2026); summer (April-June) hilltop is tolerable but daytime temperatures exceed 40°C
हेल्पलाइन
+91 99306 33303 (Mahur Gadh Charitable Trust, Mumbai)
वेबसाइट
https://www.renukadevimahur.com/ ↗
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