About Temple
The Jwalamukhi Temple, 30 km from Kangra, has an eternally burning blue flame that comes from the rock sanctum. Perched on a ridge called Kali dhar is the Jwalamukhi temple. With a gift dome and soaring pinnacles, the temples interior has a square pit, three feet deep with a pathway all around. The rock in the middle has a crack, through which a gas is emitted and on lighting it the gas bursts out into a huge flame, the priest keeps applying the flame to the gas - which is seen as a blessing of the deity. The shrine has no idol as such, the emanation of the gas is believed to be a manifestation of the goddess Jwalaji. The nine flames have been named after goddesses - Mahakali, Unpurna, Chandi, Hinglaj, Bindhya Basni, Maha Lakshmi, Saraswati, Ambika and Anji Devi. Jwalamukhi is said to be the spot where the
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