Bhagyalakshmi temple is a Hindu temple located in Hyderabad, India. This temple is located at the base of the city’s historic Charminar declared as the monument under the care of Archaeological Survey of India. The temple is dedicated to the Goddess Lakshmi.
Shrine’s History
There are different views on the age of temple. Claims exist that the temple’s roots are as old as the Charminar itself, while others state that it was created as recently as the late 1960s.According to the older claims, during the reign of Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah, who constructed the Charminar, the temple site consisted of a holy stone. Later, the devotees started lacing the stone with haldi and kumkum, and in the 1960s, an idol was installed and a shed was added. Proponents of this view cite examples of religious tolerance during the period of Muslim rulers such as the Nizam disagreeing with the proposed shifting of a temple at the time of the construction of the High Court building and letting it stay inside the court complex which exists even today.
According to one local tradition, the shrine was established in the memory of the Queen Bhagmati. View of Historic Charminar, The Bhagyalakshmi Temple can be seen at the bottom right of the image Claims of newer origin are proposed by historians such as Narendra Luther, that maintain that the temple had no existence of any sorts until the 1960s.According to these historians, one of the stones near Charminar was painted with the saffron colour in 1965, and an old woman became the person in-charge of this shrine. After an APSRTC bus collided with the stone and damaged it, a pucca structure was created at the site.The stone was replaced with an idol of the goddess Lakshmi. The co-existence of the structures is seen as a reflection of the “composite culture” of Hyderabad. People believe that Charminar had places of worship for both communities for several centuries and it was sending a message to the entire world about rich secular traditions and the Gangajamni tehzeeb of Hyderabad.
Shrine’s Map Location and How to Go There
By Road
The nearest bus stop is Charminar.
By Rail
The nearest railway station is Secundrabad and Nampally
By Air
The nearest airport is Shamshabad.
Events Celebrated at This Shrine
Deepawali, Dasara
Extra Information About this Shrine
Every year, Bhagyalakshmi temple is decorated for Dasara and Deepawali for a few days. The entire decoration is 30?50 feet. Diwali is celebrated worldwide by Hindus to convey the message of enlightenment and destruction of evil. Goddess Lakshmi birthday falls on the day of Diwali. During the 5th incarnation of Lord Vishnu, he rescues Goddess Lakshmi from the prison of King Bali.