Shila Devi: Mother Shila Devi is recognized all over the country, she turned her face after getting angry with the king...

Shila Devi Mata's temple located in the Amber of the city is recognized not only in Rajasthan but in the whole country. Maa Shila Devi's temple located in the courtyard of Amer Mahal, about 15 km from Jaipur city, is the center of worship for the people of Jaipur. Shila Devi is also his idol. Every year a fair is held here during Navratri and thousands and lakhs of devotees come to visit the Goddess.

On entering the Shila Devi temple, the first center of attraction is the main gate here which is made of silver. Navdurga, Shailputri, Brahmacharini, Chandraghanta, Kushmanda, Skandamata, Katyayani, Kalaratri, and Siddhidatri are engraved on it. Kali, Tara, Shodashi, Bhuneshwari, Chinnamasta, Tripura, Bhairavi, Dhumavati, Bagulamukhi, Matangi, and Kamala are depicted as ten Mahavidyas. A red stone idol of Ganesha is placed above the door.

Goddess idol brought from Bengal
The artistic marble work in the temple was done by Maharaja Mansingh II in 1906. King Mansingh had brought the idol of Shila Devi from Bengal. The Mughal emperor Akbar appointed him the governor of Bengal. Then he was sent to defeat the then-king Kedar Singh. It is said that after failing to defeat King Kedar, Mansingh sought blessings from that goddess statue for his victory in the war. In return, the goddess demanded to free herself from King Kedar in a dream. According to this condition, Devi helped Mansingh to win the war and Mansingh freed the idol of Devi from King Kedar and installed it in Amer. According to some other people, King Kedar presented this statue to King Mansingh after he was defeated in the war.

It was a practice years ago
There is a famous story behind the face of Shila Mata's statue being somewhat crooked. It is said that many years ago, human sacrifice was given to the goddess in the temple, but once King Mansingh gave animal sacrifice instead of human sacrifice, due to which the mother became angry and she turned her neck away from Mansingh in anger. Since then the neck of the idol is crooked. Animal sacrifices were offered in the temple till 1972, but this too was stopped due to opposition from Jains.