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श्री बगलामुखी · stop 04 of 06 · Devi Darshan
The Maa Baglamukhi temple at Bankhandi lies south of Kangra on the road to Dehra Gopipur, and is usually visited together with Jwala Ji half an hour away. To be plain: Maa Baglamukhi is our owners' family deity and this company is named after Her. We are not the temple's official taxi service and have no connection to its trust. Book with Kapil on +91 98053 05643 or Sahil on +91 78075 42573.
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About the temple
Maa Baglamukhi is worshipped as Pitambara, the goddess robed in yellow. Devotees offer turmeric, yellow flowers and yellow cloth, and the havan before the deity is the main part of a visit. The temple draws pilgrims through the year and fills through Navratri.
It sits in the middle of the Kangra-valley circuit. Plan an easy morning darshan, with Jwala Ji close by.
The drive out to Bankhandi, south on the Dehra Gopipur road, is a gentle one. The approach is flat and the walk from the parking short, which makes this one of the easier darshans of the circuit for older pilgrims. If a havan is part of your visit it needs time and is best arranged with the temple pandits in advance — tell us when you book and we will plan the morning around it rather than around the drive.
Good to know
By train
Amb Andaura, on the same Dehra Gopipur road as the temple, is the Vande Bharat terminus from Delhi and the station most pilgrims use. Pathankot Junction is the broad-gauge choice from Punjab and Jammu, and Kangra town has a slow, charming narrow-gauge station on the Kangra Valley Railway.
By air
Kangra Airport at Gaggal (DHM) is the nearest. It is weather-sensitive (winter fog and monsoon cloud do cancel flights), so Pathankot (IXP) and Chandigarh (IXC) are the usual fallbacks.
By road from Kangra
South of Kangra on the Dehra Gopipur road, with Jwala Ji half an hour away, so most people do both in one morning. We give you the drive time for your pickup when you book.
From the station or airport
We meet trains and flights at all of these, tracking the running time, and drive you to Bankhandi and back. Tell us which train or flight, and we give you the real road distance from it before you book.
Who drives you
Maa Baglamukhi is our owners’ family deity, and the company carries Her name. That is the only connection. The temple and its trust do not own, run or endorse us.
We do not book havans, pujas or special darshan. Arrange those with the temple, tell us the time, and we will get you there for it.
Door to door from your city or station to Bankhandi and the other Devi temples. We wait while you do darshan and drive you home, for one fare agreed on WhatsApp.
How the visit actually goes
A morning from Kangra, or longer with a havan
Our own family kuldevi, and, to be plain about it, the temple this company is named after. We are not its official taxi service and have no connection to its trust.
Quieter than Chintpurni or Jwala Ji on most days, so the timing here is less critical than elsewhere on the circuit.
South down the Dehra Gopipur road, then the turn toward the temple.
Drop near the gate; the walk in is short.
Baglamukhi is one of the ten Mahavidyas, and the goddess of stilling — of speech, of enemies, of obstacles. The yellow offerings are the thing you will notice first.
Half an hour away. Almost nobody visits one of these without the other.
~20 km · ~30 min
This is a temple people come to for a specific sankalp rather than a general darshan, and the havan can take a while. Tell us if that is the plan and we hold the car rather than rushing you.
Haldi, yellow cloth, yellow flowers — the colour is central to worship here. It is all available at the gate; there is no need to carry it from Kangra.
Maa Baglamukhi is the owners’ family deity and the business is named after Her as a blessing on the work. We have no affiliation with the temple or its trust, and we would rather say so on this page than let anyone assume otherwise.
Want to change something? Ask on WhatsApp and we’ll send a new plan and fare.
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We are re-checking the road figure from Kangra town to Maa Baglamukhi with our own drivers, so it is not printed here yet. Send your pickup point on WhatsApp and we give you the distance and time for your route.
Ask us for the road figure to Maa Baglamukhi from your city rather than doing the sum, because coming from Punjab the road often does not pass through Kangra at all.
| From | Road distance to Kangra |
|---|---|
| Chandigarh | ~235 km |
| Delhi | ~480 km |
| Pathankot | ~90 km |
| Amritsar | ~200 km |
| Amb Andaura | ~75 km |
Door-to-door routes: Chandigarh · Delhi · Pathankot · Amritsar · Amb Andaura · Ludhiana
| Temple | Road distance to Kangra |
|---|---|
| Jwala Ji | ~30 km |
| Brajeshwari Devi | In Kangra town |
| Chamunda Devi | ~25 km |
Before you go
No. Baglamukhi Travels is an independent taxi and travel company named after our family deity — Maa Baglamukhi is the kuldevi of the owners. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the temple or its trust, and we say so plainly on every page.
Maa Baglamukhi is worshipped as Pitambara, the goddess robed in yellow, and she is one of the ten Mahavidyas. Turmeric, yellow flowers and yellow cloth are the customary offerings, and devotees often wear yellow themselves. The colour is the most immediate thing you notice on arriving.
Yes, with the temple pandits. It is central to why many people come, particularly those seeking protection or the resolution of a dispute. It takes time, so let us know in advance and we will build the day around it. The arrangement is directly with the temple; we do not take anything on top.
Bankhandi is south of Kangra on the Dehra Gopipur road, and Jwala Ji is about half an hour from the temple, so the two are usually done as one morning. Send your pickup point on WhatsApp and we give you the exact road distance and time for your route.
Amb Andaura is the one most pilgrims use. It is the Vande Bharat terminus from Delhi, and it sits on the same Dehra Gopipur road the temple does. Pathankot Junction is the other broad-gauge option and is the usual choice from Punjab and Jammu. Kangra town has its own narrow-gauge station on the Kangra Valley Railway, which is charming and slow. We meet trains at all three, tracking the running time so the driver is on the platform when you step off. Tell us which train you are on and we will give you the exact road distance from that station before you book.
Kangra Airport at Gaggal (DHM), the airport for Dharamshala and the Kangra valley. It is small and weather-sensitive (fog and monsoon cloud do cancel flights), so Pathankot (IXP) and Chandigarh (IXC) are the fallbacks. We meet flights at all three and drive you on to Bankhandi.
Kangra itself is roughly 480 km from Delhi and 200 km from Amritsar, and the temple lies south of it on the Dehra Gopipur road. Do not simply add a Kangra figure to the last leg, though — coming up from Punjab the road often reaches Chintpurni and the Dehra Gopipur side before Kangra, so the real drive to Bankhandi can be shorter than the sum suggests. Send us your starting point on WhatsApp and we will tell you the actual road distance for your route.
Early morning, before the day’s pilgrims arrive. The temple fills through Navratri in both spring and autumn, when a havan may need to be booked well ahead and darshan involves a long wait.
Ready when you are
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The rest of the circuit
01 The gateway Shakti Peetha from Punjab & Chandigarh, above Govind Sagar lake.
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02 Una district — one of the region’s most revered Shakti shrines.
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03 The eternal flame — goddess of the burning light.
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05 Kangra town — the ancient Kangra Devi.
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06 On the Baner river, below the Dhauladhar range.
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