Nartiang Durga Temple in the West Jaintia Hills region is 600 years old.
Devi’s left thigh fell here.
Hindus in Meghalaya’s Jaintia Hills believe this temple is Goddess Durga’s permanent residence. Both the Bhairava and the Shakti of the temple to Nartiang Durga Temple Devi have worship as Jayanti. Lord Shiva has worshipped as Karmadishwar.
The Goddess is also known as Jayanteshwari. It is believed that Lakshmi Narayan influenced the Jaintia royalty to convert to Hinduism. King Dhan Manik made Nartiang the Jaintia Kingdom’s summer capital. One night, the Goddess visited him in a dream, explained the significance of the location, and requested that he construct a temple in her honour. Subsequently, the Jayanteshwari temple has established at Nartiang.
How to reach: Meghalaya’s capital Shillong has an airport at Umroi, 30 KM from the capital region. Air service is available from here to Kolkata and Guwahati. The distance from Nartiang Durga Temple at Nartiang to the airport at Umroi is about 67 KM.
The temple is approximately 3 kilometres from Nartiang, 61 from Shillong, and 62 from the Shilong bus station. The nearby railway station is at Guwahati. Guwahati Railway Station seems 153 KM away. From Guwahati Airport it is 177 KM.
