The main motive of birth of Vaishno Devi
was the devastation of devil Mahishasura. Vaishno Devi is considered to be the personification
of Goddess Saraswati, Goddess Lakshmi and Goddess Kali. The divine girl was
born to a man called Ratnakar who named her Vaishnavi. She was brighter than
all other children of her age, in fact, at a young age itself, she acquired
more knowledge than many prominent scholars. She renounced all worldly ties and
went into deep jungles for meditating. She used to worship Lord Vishnu and on
directions of Lord Rama, she built an ashram for meditating.
Soon, a man called
Bhairon Nath came to know about her and when he saw her, he was infatuated by
her beauty and grace. He started to beleaguer her to marry him. Vaishnavi
decided to run away to jungles to avoid him. After long time of this hide and
seek, she confronted him on the entrance of a cave and beheaded him. Bhairon
Nath after death realized his mistake and prayed for forgiveness. He was
forgiven by the Goddess and was blessed that every devotee who comes to worship
her will also have to visit the temple of Bhairon Nath without which their
pilgrimage will be incomplete. Vaishnavi then left her human body and become a
rock statue and went into meditation.
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