Shri Jageshwari Temple

• This is the most revered temple of the town. 
• As per a local tradition, the temple was constructed by a Pratihara king, Raja Kirti Pal. 
• Kirti Pal was suffering from leprosy however he was not cured till his old age. The king was very fond of hunting and one he strayed from his hunting party into a deep forest. 
• While wandering directionless in that deep forest he stumbled upon a pond. He dip his hands to drink water and found his leprosy cured
• He found a small girl child watching him. The king was astonished to see that child in deep forest, he chased the child to catch her however the child ran. 
• After a small chase, the child stopped and spoke to the king. She told that she is the goddess Jageshwari and the king was cured because of her blessings only. 
• The goddess asked the king to build a temple for her atop a hill nearby. 
• The goddess told the king not to place any idol and keep the doors locked for nine days. She will emerge as an idol inside the sanctum.
• The king went back to his capital, BudhiChanderi, and discussed this with his ministers. 
• He later built a temple as instructed by the goddess. However out of his curiosity, the king opened the doors of the temple before nine days. 
• The king was again inflicted by leprosy as the curse. As the king opened the doors of the temple prematurely, hence only the head of the goddess image emerged from the ground. 
• The legend also states that the capital of the king, BudhiChanderi, was destroyed by an earthquake soon after. 
• This made the king to move his capital to the present town.
• As per another legend, king Shishupala, king of Chedi country, of Mahabharata time performed a yajna here. 
• This temple is counted among the fifty-one, sometimes counted fifty-two, shaktipeeth and it is here where the mastak (head) of the goddess, Sati, believed to have fallen. 
• The main idol of the goddess is inside a cave around which a modern temple building is constructed. 
• There are many subsidiary shrines in the temple complex housing various shivalingas. 
• There are three distinct shivalingas, two have 1100 shivalingas carved on their surface while one has four faces on it.