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Maharaja
Gopal Singh of Manimajra constructed the present main temple of Shri Mansa
Devi,
which is situated on the Shivalik foothills in village Bilaspur, Tehsil and
District Panchkula, during the period 1811-1815. At a distance of 200
meters from the main temple is the Patiala temple which was got constructed by
Sh. Karam Singh, the then Maharaja Patiala in the year 1840.
This
temple had the patronage of Manimajra State. After the merger of princely
states into Pepsu the Patronage of State Govt. ended and the temples
remained neglected. The raja of Manimajra then appointed pujari as ‘
khidmatuzar’ of this temple whose duty was to worship the deity of the
temple. After the merger of princely State into Pepsu these pujaris became
independent on the matter of controlling and managing the affairs of the temple and the land
attached to the temple. They could neither maintain this temple nor provide
necessary facilities to the visiting devotees and thus the condition of the
temple deteriorated day by day. So much so that there were no proper
arrangements for pilgrims visiting the temple during Navaratra melas. The
complex was in awfully neglected condition till the establishment of the
Board.
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