{"id":"yogmaya-temple-delhi","type":"person","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-temple-delhi","language":"en","name":"Yogmaya Temple, Delhi","name_en":"Yogmaya Temple, Delhi","name_ne":"योग माया","description":"Hindu temple in Delhi, India","headline":"Hindu temple in Delhi, India","also_known_as":[],"summary":"Yogmaya Temple, also  Jogmaya temple, is a Hindu temple dedicated to the goddess Yogmaya, also considered to be a sister of Krishna as she took avatar as Vindhyavasini, and situated in Mehrauli, Delhi, India, close to the Qutb complex. According to local priests and native records, this is one of those 27 temples destroyed by Mamluks and it is the only surviving temple belonging to pre-sultanate period which is still in use. Hindu king Samrat Vikramaditya Hemu reconstructed the temple and brought back the temple from ruins. During Aurangzeb's reign a rectangular Islamic Style hall was added to the temple. Though its original (300-200 BCE) architecture could never be restored after its destruction by Islamic rulers, but its reconstruction had been carried out repetitively by the locals.","summary_more":["Yogmaya or Jogmaya is considered, an aspect of Maya, the illusionary power of God. The temple is also venue of a large congregation of devotees during the Navratri celebrations.","The present temple was restored in early 19th century and may be the descendant of a much older Devi shrine. Adjacent to the temple lies, a water body, johad, known as Anangtal Baoli, after King Anangpal Tomar, and covered by trees from all sides The temple is also an integral part of an important inter-faith festival of Delhi, the annual Phool Walon Ki Sair."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"1861","date":"1861"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419#P569"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"1942","date":"1942"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419#P570"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"Nepal","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q837"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"activist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15253558"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419#P106"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogmaya_Temple%2C_Delhi","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Yogmaya Temple, Delhi born?","a":"Yogmaya Temple, Delhi was born on 1861."}],"related":[{"name":"Muskan Khatun","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muskan-khatun"},{"name":"KP Khanal","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/kp-khanal"},{"name":"Mohna Ansari","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohna-ansari"},{"name":"Tara Devi Tuladhar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/tara-devi-tuladhar"},{"name":"Sankhadhar Sakhwa","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sankhadhar-sakhwa"},{"name":"Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/jaya-prithvi-bahadur-singh"},{"name":"Sonika Manandhar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sonika-manandhar"},{"name":"Pushkar Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/pushkar-shah"},{"name":"Gauri Pradhan","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gauri-pradhan"},{"name":"Purna Shova Chitrakar","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/purna-shova-chitrakar"},{"name":"Sarita Gurung","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/sarita-gurung"},{"name":"Himani Shah","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/himani-shah"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/yogmaya-temple-delhi-afa1edaff4.jpg","width":500,"height":332,"license":"CC BY-SA 3.0","credit":"Nvvchar","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yogmaya_in_Sanctum.JPG"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Yogmaya Temple, Delhi","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yogmaya_Temple%2C_Delhi","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q8054419","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8054419","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Yogmaya in Sanctum.JPG by Nvvchar (CC BY-SA 3.0)","url":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yogmaya_in_Sanctum.JPG","license":null}],"license":{"text":"CC BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","facts":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},"attribution":"Text from the Wikipedia article Yogmaya Temple, Delhi, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Yogmaya in Sanctum.JPG — Nvvchar, CC BY-SA 3.0.","cite":"\"Yogmaya Temple, Delhi\". DigiNepal. Last updated 31 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-temple-delhi. Retrieved 4 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-31T14:57:58Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-04","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-temple-delhi","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-temple-delhi","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/yogmaya-temple-delhi?lang=ne"}}