History of Shree Daksheshwar Mahadev Temple narrated by the temple priest as follows:

Lord Brahma had two sons. ‘Narad‘ and ‘Daksha‘.

Lord Brahma requested Narad to create the Universe but as Narad was a divine sage and not interested, the request was forwarded to Daksha. The universe was created. Daksha was unanimously selected as the leader and was named Daksha Prajapati.

Once at Allahabad Yagya was organized by Daksha Prajapati. Each and every person present at the Yagya site paid standing respect to Daksha except Lord Shiva which was not liked by Daksha Prajapati. He with bad intentions once again organized Yagya at Kankhal, Haridwar, and invited all Devtaas except Lord Shiva and Goddess Uma – his daughter. But Uma attended the Yagya without any invitation and was insulted by her father. She jumped into the Yagya Kund and killed herself.

Daksheshwar Mahadev temple is the location where Yagya was organized by Daksha Prajapati and Uma (Sati) killed herself and finally Daksha Prajapati was killed by Lord Virbhadra.

Daksheshwar Mahadev Temple is situated at Kankhal in Haridwar (Uttarakhand).

The body of Shree Ma Anandamayi appeared in Khewra village on Thursday, 30 April 1896, at Brahma Muhurtha at 3.00 a.m. on the night of Jyeshtha Krishna Chaturthi. At the age of 2 and a half years, mother used to go into ecstasy listening to Kirtan. For some years, it was observed that the process of spiritual practice used to happen automatically in her body. His initiation took place on its own in Jhulan Purnima, so she had no Guru.

She was married at the age of 12 years and 10 months to Sri Ramani Mohan Chakravorty of Vikrampur in Dhaka District, who became famous later as Bholanath ji. She did not lead a married life but continued to do all the household chores with full efficiency with her own hands.

Shri Jyotish Chandra Roy, I.S.O. Artharth Bhai Ji was the righteous son and supreme devotee of his mother. When brother inquired about who you are, mother said, “I am what I was before, I am the same today, I will remain the same in the future, whatever time you say, whatever you think, I am.” The devotees of Mother used to experience the same God-Goddess in the form of Mother that they wanted to see. Mother used to wear white clothes and never touched money. She was the primary pass but she had full knowledge of every subject. Everyone used to get their own solution in question and answer from her and they used to get satisfied with that solution. People of all classes used to go to her for solutions to their problems and peace of mind. King-Maharaja, Politicians, Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, his wife Mrs. Kamala Nehru, Mrs. Indira Gandhi and all the common class people go there with pleasure.

According to the mother, the Atirudra Mahayagya took place in 1981 at Atirudra Yagyashala and 135 learned Brahmins participated in it. The Rudraksha tree near the Yajyashala was planted after the Jyotirmandir was consecrated and its seeds were not distributed to anyone by the hands of the mother.

Mother used to beg everyone for 15 minutes, that is, she used to keep silent and ask them to chant at a certain time. Mother used to say, “Where Ram is at ease, where Ram is not at ease, he is not at ease there. Harikatha is a story, rest all the agony.”