Chamunda Mata temple in Jodhpur is the temple of Chamunda Devi, Isht devi of royal family. It is located in the southern part of Mehrangarh Fort. Founder of Jodhpur city, Rao Jodha brought the idol of his favourite goddess Chamunda Devi from old capital of Mandore in 1460. He installed Chamunda Devi idol in the Mehrangarh Fort and from then Chamunda become their diety.Worshipped and visited by many devotees in and around Jodhpur, at the time of Dussehra, Fort become full of peoples and devotees.
History of Chamunda Mata Temple
Located in Mehrangarh Fort Jodhpur, the temple was built by Rao Jodha at the time when he was building the fort here. The hill where he chose to build this fort was ocuppied by the hermit butt he was removed from there as a result he cursed the king thet his fort will have shotage of water always.
To balance this curse by the saint he built the Chamunda Mata Temple inside the fort to protect the fort and its people. From that day Goddess Chamunda was the main deity of the Rajputs here.
