page_title: Sikri Mata Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Sikri Mata Temple
caption_attribution_description: मोदीनगर, गाज़ियाबाद में सीकरी कलां ग्राम स्थित महामाया मन्दिर। इस मन्दिर की स्थानीय लोगों में बहुत मान्यता है। चित्र में मन्दिर का मुख्य द्वार दृश्य है।
context_page_description: The Sikri Mata Temple, officially known as the Shri Mahamaya Devi Temple, is a Hindu temple at Sikri Khurd village, Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple was built in 17th century by Jalim Giri Baba and his family belonging to the Goswami community of the village. Its administration was taken over from the descendants of the Baba by the gram panchayat in 1977. Dedicated to goddess Sikri, who is believed to be an incarnation of Durga, the temple attracts large gathering of visitors during the biannual festival of Navaratri. During the Chaitra month Navaratri, marking the beginning of the new year in Hindu calendar, a large historic fair is organised for nine days. The fair was cancelled in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic for the first time since 1918. There is a banyan tree in the temple premises from which more that 130 revolutionaries were hanged till death during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
context_section_description: The Sikri Mata Temple (lit.  'Sikri Goddess Temple'), officially known as the Shri Mahamaya Devi Temple, is a Hindu temple at Sikri Khurd village, Ghaziabad district, Uttar Pradesh, India. The temple was built in 17th century by Jalim Giri Baba and his family belonging to the Goswami community of the village. Its administration was taken over from the descendants of the Baba by the gram panchayat (transl. village council) in 1977. Dedicated to goddess Sikri, who is believed to be an incarnation of Durga, the temple attracts large gathering of visitors during the biannual festival of Navaratri. During the Chaitra month Navaratri, marking the beginning of the new year in Hindu calendar, a large historic fair is organised for nine days. The fair was cancelled in 2020 due to the covid-19 pandemic for the first time since 1918. There is a banyan tree in the temple premises from which more that 130 revolutionaries were hanged till death during the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
caption: Entrance to the temple
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