Tanot Mata Temple, on India – Pakistan border – is one among
the 51 Shaktipeetahs and it is located around 120 km from Jaisalmer in
Rajasthan. The temple is closely associated with the Hinglaj Mata Mandir
located in Pakistan, which is also a Shaktipeetah. It is said that the bombs
dropped by Pakistan during Indo-Pak on the temple premises did not explode.
It is believed that a family in the region did not have any
children. The members of the family used to visit Hinglaj Mata Mandir regularly
and pray to beget children. Please with the devotion of the family, Mata
herself was born in the family. They then came to reside at Tanot in Rajasthan.
Tanot Mata is a
Miracle Temple
It is said that during the Indo-Pak war of 1965, hundreds of
bombs were thrown at the temple and in the temple premises by Pakistani
soldiers. Miraculously none of the bomb exploded. The unexploded bombs are kept for display in
the temple.
It is also believed that during the Indo-Pak war of 1975,
Pakistani military tanks got marooned in the desert sand due to the blessing of
Tanot Mata.
The temple is maintained by the Border Security Force (BSF).
The main offering here is a chunari.
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