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Maa Chandi is one of the holy trinity and is considered a living goddess. Recently, the village of Machail in Paddar has become an important place of religious significance due to the temple of Chandi Mata. Every year on the day of the first Bhadon or Bhadoon Sankranti (August 15 or August 16), when the doors of the temples in Paddar are opened, a big mela is held outside the Chandi Mata temple in Machail. People from all over Paddar assemble to offer prayers to the deity and seek her blessings.

During this festival, a mace or Holi Chhari of Goddess Chandi Mata is taken out by devotees from the village of Chinote Bhaderwah, the home village of Thakur Kulbir Singh. Under his leadership, a procession is taken to Machail, with people singing bhajans in praise of the goddess amidst the beating of drums, flute playing, and chanting of mantras.

Nowadays, the yatra is also taken out from Jammu. This procession starts from Bhaderwah then reaches Pul Doda at mid-day, after which the yatra moves towards Kishtwar, passing through Thatari, Drabshalla, Kandni, and Hasti before reaching Kishtwar at around 4 pm. On the next day, the yatra moves from Kishtwar towards Atholi Paddar.
The basis for Chandi worship is found in the Devi Bhagavata as well as in the Markandeya Purana containing the well-known Saptashati. This narrates the three tales of Chandika fighting and destroying the evil forces in the forms of Madhu & Kaitabha, Dhumralochana, Chanda and Munda, Raktabeeja, Shumbha & Nishumbha, and Mahishasura. These stories are narrated in thirteen chapters in the form of seven hundred stanzas or half stanzas. Each of these is considered as an independent mantra, by repeating which one attains profound benefits.


306 kms away from Jammu by (Jammu-Batote) (120 Kms), Batote-Kishtwar (121 Kms), Kishtwar-Atholi – Gulbgarh-65 kms) by road and thence on foot to Machail Mata which is bearely 30 kms. Though the terrain is too tough to trek but with the grace of almighty


Named after the goddess is the city of Chandigarh (literally: 'fort of Chandi'), the joint capital of the Indian states of Punjab and Haryana.