Anusuya Devi Temple Gopeshwar Uttarakhand

Anusuya Devi Temple is a famous holy temple located in Gopeshwar of Chamoli district. This temple is situated at an altitude of about 2000 meters from the sea level. This temple is dedicated to Goddess Anusuya Mata. Devi Anusuya was the wife of a great sage Atri Muni. The grand statue of Sati Anusuya is established in the inside of the temple. There is a statue of Lord Shiva, Mata Parvati and Ganesh Ji in the premises of the temple. The story about the Anusuya Devi Temple is popular, it is said that this place was made by "Atri Muni" as the place of his penance. At this place, his wife, Anusuya built a cottage and started living in the same cottage. It is said about Goddess Anusuya that goddess Anusuya was the 'Pativrata', due to which her publicity spread to three Lok. Seeing this, Goddess Parvati, Lakshmi and Goddess Saraswati Ji was born a sense of anger and jealousy in mind, And they thought of test the truth of Goddess Anusuya the religion and purity, And they his husband Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu and Lord Brahma Ji to sent him to take a test near of the Goddess Anusuya. After leaving there, the three Gods took the form of a monk and began demanding food at the entrance of the ashram. The three monks have put a condition to accept food in front of the goddess Anusuya, that the goddess will have to serve food without clothes, On this matter, the goddess Anusuya gets immersed in anxiety and thinks how she can do this. In the end, Goddess closes his eyes and recognizes the deities present in the form of monks. Goddess Anusuya transforms the three Gods into infant form and consequently provides food to the Gods without clothes. In this way, the three Gods become sons of Goddess Anusuya. After more time has passed, when the three gods do not reach Devlok, so Parvati, Lakshmi, Saraswati become worried and unhappy and goes to near Goddess Anusuya and asks for forgiveness, And pray to bring their husbands to their original form. After listening to the prayers of the goddess, Goddess Anusuya gives their form to the three Gods as a result of their forgiveness, and since then the Goddess Anusuya has become famous as the name of "Mata Sati Anusuya". Goddess Anusuya is also called the mother of three gods.