Sheetala Mata Mandir - Gurugram

The Sheetala Devi Mandir at Gurugram is counted among the 51 Shakti Peethas of Shaktism, making it one of the most sacrosanct Devi kshetras of northern Bharat. The presiding vigraha of Shri Mata Sheetala Devi — worshipped also as Masani Maa and Bhagat Lalita Ma — is a remarkable image cast in ashtadhatu alloy and finished in gold polish, weighing four kilograms, enshrined within a wooden casket set upon a marble platform in the sanctum. 

• The Goddess is adorned with precious jewels, resplendent silken vestments, and a magnificent gold nose ring, and is seated within a silver-polished arched structure — a vision that leaves the devotee transfixed at first darshan. 
• The broader complex enshrines subsidiary deities including Lord Hanuman, Lord Shiva, Shani Dev, and Goddess Durga, creating the full Shiva-Shakti sacred ecosystem characteristic of a living Shakti peetha. Acharya Bhagavatpada Adi Shankaracharya himself graced this kshetra during his journey, residing here for sixteen days as part of his Chaturmasya observance — one of five sacred stations he consecrated within the Gurugram region — bestowing upon this tirtha the singular distinction of Acharya's own tapas and presence.
• During his sojourn at the Sheetala Devi kshetra, Adi Shankaracharya performed the anugraha of a stone vigraha of Sheetala Devi, charging this ancient seat with the full force of his Shakta sankalpa. The vigraha that is worshipped today — a four-kilogram ashtadhatu image finished in gold polish, adorned with precious jewels, resplendent silken vestments, and a magnificent gold nose ring, seated within a silver-polished arched structure — represents an evolved and renewed consecration, the original stone vigraha having passed through successive renovations over the centuries. That original Acharya-anugrihita vigraha awaits rediscovery.