Bajrajogini
temple lies at the Pharping on the same hill as the Gorakhnath cave. Both of
religious people respect to this temple. It consists of a courtyard with the
three-storey main temple in the center and two wings of attached dharmasalas.
On the third side, there is a high wall with an entrance gate. But the wooden pagoda structure gives a
welcoming, cottage ambience, so that you really feel you are visiting the
"house" of the devi.
The
seventeenth century temple has well carved struts depicting Pujadevi, and
Ulukashya. The torana carved with Bajrasattwa. The image of Tantric Buddhist
goddess, Bajrajogini. On the ground floor, beneath the sanctum, there are
figures of Awalokiteshowar, Shakya Muni, Basundhara devi and two Bhikshus. In
the courtyard there are a stone chaitya and images fo Ganesh and Mahakal.
According
to histry, It is inhabited by sages such as Naropa, Tilopa phanpipa, and Odiyarcharya
who practiced meditation here and gained enlightenment through Ashtasiddhi.
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