Jaidevi

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Jaidevi
village
Country	India
State	Himachal Pradesh
District	Mandi
Elevation	1,185 m (3,888 ft)
Languages
• Official	Hindi
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	175031
Nearest city	Sundernagar
Lok Sabha constituency	Mandi

Jaidevi is a small village in Mandi District in Himachal Pradesh. It is situated 13 km off the National Highway that connects Chandigarh and Manali, NH-21. It is also en route to Karsog which is a small but important town of Mandi District.

The name of the village derives from the temple of Mahamaya (Devi). The ancient temple is highly revered and visited by thousands of devotees. It is also the family deity of the erstwhile raja (ruler) of Suket state which was merged in the state of Himachal Pradesh in April 1948. The village is situated at an elevation of about 1200m above the sea level and is surrounded by thick pine forest which really makes its ambiences scenic and worth of visiting. The view of Kamrunag and Shikari mountains is breath taking from here. There is a government senior secondary school, Post office, an ayurvedic dispensary and branch of the State Bank of Patiala in the village.

The population of the village (Panchayat) is about 1,000. The village population is mainly dependent on agriculture and the chief crop of the village is maize.

Jaidevi is about 13 km from Sunder Nagar, where the people of this village come for shopping. There is a small temple of the most worshipped deity Mahunaga in Bhalana near Jai Devi. The deity Mool (basic) Mahunaga stays here during His journey to Sunder Nagar to participate in the Nalwar Fair held annually in the month of March.

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