Mandir Mata Lal Devi, Amritsar, Punjab India

 Her Holiness, Godly Personified, with unlimited heavenly powers, Mata Lal Devi Ji is popularly known as "Pujya Mata ji" among her devotees. In her own words, "I am Dharam Maa to all those, who come to visit this temple and Almighty has destined me to serve them all". This version of Pujya Mata Ji shows her greatness and unquestioned trust in God.

Pujya Mata Ji was born on 21st February, 1923 at Kasoor, District Lahore, now in Pakistan, in Marwaha Khatri family. She was the fourth child among her four brothers and three sisters. Her father, Shri Har Jas Mall was a businessman and her mother Shrimati Maya Devi was a pure religious minded lady and the whole family has having faith in Lord Krishna and his teachings then.

Spiritual personality of Pujya Mata ji was being depicted since her birth. On her birth, doctor advised not to feed the child on mother's milk due to mother's illness. Her father started to feed her on cow's milk and Pujya Mata Ji never cried for it. This was the first sign of her contentment about worldly things.

When Pujya Mata Ji was about 9 months, her family members along with her went to the temple of Chintpurani in Himachal Pardesh. On reaching before the sacred entity, as the family was offering the prayer, Pujya Mata Ji was enlightened with the sacred spirit of Goddess Chintpurani and the priest, present there, declared that this child is not a simple one, but blessed with great heavenly powers. All the members of family astonished to listen so. Having experienced so many miracles of Pujya Mata Ji's power, the family started to regard Pujya Mata Ji as goldy mother, even so much so all the family members, including parents and all elders began to address Her Holiness as "Mata Ji". When she crossed the childhood, it is stated by her elders that Pujya Mata ji used to lock herself in a room for meditation and remained inside the room for weeks together without taking anything except a little water. On hearing the wonderful things about Pujya Mata Ji, the people began to come to Her "Darshan" and for the solution of their respective difficulties. This was a start of the present mission.

Mata Lal Devi Mandir is one of the prime attraction and most popular Hindu pilgrimage spots of the Amritsar. This Temple was constructed in the model of the popular Vaishno Devi Temple of Katra (Jammu). The Mata Lal Devi Mandir is an everlasting favorite with the Hindu pilgrims and other devotedly inclined people also. This temple has a huge religious importance as well as archaeological significance. Every year, thousands of pilgrims and devotees visit the Mata Lal Devi Temple of Amritsar.

This complicated Hindu grotto temple was built in the honor of Lal Devi (20th century female saint). The twisty road to this temple passes through ankle-deep waterways, low tunnels, stairways, pathways and caves, the last of which turns out to be the inside of a heavenly entrance.

Mata Lal Devi temple does not have the archetypal Gopuram structure, and appears simple from the outside of the temple. Interiors of the temple capture the attention of visitors. Visitors can find numerous Hindu deities here, and the most remarkable point about them are their facial features. The most exciting and enjoyable part about this temple is the way of reaching this temple. A labyrinth of mirrored walls, loaded with vivid flowers and bells. Visitors have to bend and creep through a thin tunnel filled with water. While crawling, one can see many deities such as Shiva Lingams, a statue of Brahma, and some Goddesses like Kali and Saraswathi.

So far as Pujya Mata ji's personal life is concerned, she was "Bal Brahamchari" meditation round the clock was the diet of her soul and worldly attraction means nothing to her. More for the readers, she never tasted the food-stuff and a little water, milk and fruit was sufficient for her to live on. Moreover she never demanded to eat anything. If any nearby devotee requested her to take something, it depends upon her own sweet-will whether to take or not anything but no compulsion of anyone. This is in nut shell, conclusion of her satisfaction about worldly things.