The temple, also known as Bilwa Tirth is one of the Panch Tirth (Five Pilgrimages) within Haridwar.

Mansa is regarded as the sister of the Nga (serpent) Vasuki.

She is also believed to be the daughter of Lord Shiva in his human incarnate.

The term Mansa means wish and it is believed that the goddess fulfils all the wishes of a sincere devotee.

There is a folk tale about this, once Mansa, a common girl who was unaware about her complete truth from her guardians decided to meet Lord Shiva and ask him about her truth.

To meet Lord Shiva, she sat for Sadhana and after years of spiritual exercise, she got the fortune to meet Lord Shiva and clarify her truth from him.

After learning her truth, she attained the powers of goddess of welfare for the world.

Devotees who pray to Mansa Devi for fulfilling their wishes tie threads to the branches of a tree located in the temple.

Once their wishes are fulfilled, people come back again to the temple to untie the thread from the tree.

It is one of three such Peeths located in Haridwar, the other two being Chandi Devi Temple and Maya Devi Temple.

The inner shrine has two deities, one with eight arms and the other one with three heads and five arms.

In the background picturesque view of the River Ganges and Haridwar can be seen.

To reach the shrine one has to either follow the trekking route up to this holy shrine or ride on rope-way service.

The rope-way service known as Mansa Devi Udankhatola was introduced for the benefit of the pilgrims and it is also used for transporting pilgrims to the nearly located Chandi Devi Temple.

The total length of the rope-way is 540 metres (1,770 ft) and the height it covers is 178 metres (584 ft).

On a normal day, the temple is open between 5 am and 9 pm, except for lunch closings of 12 pm to 2 pm.

This belief can also be found true in other case since near to the Mata Mansa Devi Mandir in Panchkula, Haryana, there is a Chandi Mandir located nearby in Chandigarh.

Located at 3 km from Haridwar, Mansa Devi Temple has a 3 km Pedestrian path from Haridwar.

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