Nawada. Worshiping at Maa Chamunda temple of Nawada district in Bihar fulfills the wishes of the devotees and gives them freedom from sufferings. Worshiping at Maa Chamunda temple in Rupau village, located on the Roh-Kauakol road, about 23 km from Nawada, fulfills all the wishes of the devotees. During Navratri, a large number of devotees come here to worship.
Worshiping in the court of Goddess Chamunda Devi during Navratri brings Roop, Jai and Yash to the devotees. Devotees get freedom from all the obstacles and troubles of life by worshiping and worshiping Goddess Chamunda Devi. Special worship is done on Saptami in Maa Chamunda Shaktipeeth. Since morning, devotees reach here and start worshiping the mother. Those whose wishes are fulfilled, they worship here with their families for a full ten days. Inside the temple premises, every morning and evening makeup and aarti of Maa Chamunda is done. There are also idols of many other deities in the temple premises.
The heroic story of Mother Chamunda Devi is described in the Markandeya Purana. According to the Markandeya Purana, the demon brothers Shumbha-Nishumbha, spreading terror in Devlok, had sent their demon disciple Chand-Munda to fight with Mother Durga. The mother killed Chand-Mund by fighting. Since then Mother Amba came to be called Chamunda Devi. After the destruction of Chand-Munda, wearing a garland of his hairs, Goddess Chamunda also killed the Shumbh-Nishubh demons. After this the deities heaved a sigh of relief. The name of the place that changes the form of the goddess is Rupau. The priests argue that the place where Mother Amba changed her form for the destruction of Shumbh-Nishumbha, is now known as Rupau.
According to mythological belief, when Lord Shankar was roaming in the three worlds carrying the dead body of his wife Sati, then the whole creation was horrified when Lord Vishnu dismembered the body of Sati with the Sudarshan Chakra at the request of the gods. Wherever the body part of Sati fell, it was considered as a Shaktipeeth. Mother Sati’s torso had fallen at this place, where at present the Shaktipeeth of Goddess Chamunda Devi is situated. Every Tuesday there is an influx of devotees for the darshan and worship of the mother. Shiva-Parvati, Ganesh ji, Bajrangbali, Durga Devi, Mahakal, Shanidev, Vishwakarma Bhagwan and Radha-Krishna are also present in the temple. There is a tradition of offering milk, coconut, batasha, peda, chunari, vermilion, red and white urduhul flowers, incense sticks and camphor as offerings in the temple.
