I was reading the morning newspaper and the arrival of Krishna – a good friend. He said: Do you want to go somewhere today? I said why not, and we rode the Royal Enfield Thunderbird Twinspark motorbike towards Bhanwal Mata Temple situated at Bhanwal Village in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan.

There are two ways to reach the temple – one is near the Pushkar railway station following the below said route and another via National Highway 89 till you reach Padu Kalan i.e., 38 km approx. from Pushkar. At Padu Kalan there are two turns – the right that goes to Merta City and the left turn that will take you to Bhanwal village via Jasnagar Chowk, Riya Badi, and is approx. 11 km from Padu Kalan. Once you reach Jasnagar Chowk, Riya Badi take a right turn and another 16 km to reach Bhanwal Mata temple.

The shortest distance is via Govindgarh if you prefer the village route. If not, you can drive via NH 89.

The road condition of NH 89 is good but the distance is approx. 65 km.

History of Bhanwal Mata temple

Bhanwal Mata temple is approx. 3,000 years old built by thieves – devotees of Mata though the goddess idol is older than that. There are two goddesses inside the temple – Bhanwal Mata and Brahmani Mata. Bhanwal mata takes two and a half cups of wine from devotees as I saw devotees offering wine bottles and priests of the temple with a small cup offering two and a half cups of wine to the goddess. Goddess Bhanwal is also known as Dhai Pyala Mata Ji among locals. Later devotees take the wine bottle as Prasad.

Festivals: Chaitra Navratra and Ashwin Navratra (twice a year).

Temple Timings: Temple opens at 7 morning hours and closes by 9 pm.