Shila Devi Temple

Shila Devi is the famous idol of Mata Durga. Her temple is located in Ajmer Fort at Jaipur in Rajasthan in India. The idol in the temple was brought from Bangladesh in 1604 CE by Raja Man Singh of Amber. On the sixth day of winter Navratris, special prayers are offered to this goddess. Hundreds of thousands of people from Jaipur and surrounding areas gather to pay offerings to Shila Devi.From folklore it is believed, this idol was carved from the same stone as the Dashabhuja idol of the Susanga Royal Family of Durgapur in Bangladesh. The Dashabhuja idol was stolen from Susanga and lost.