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In
1570,
according
to
legend,
a
pindi
(a
sacred
stone;
regarded
as
a
symbol
of
the
goddess)
appeared
in
a
bag
of
salt,
purchased
by
Sh
Ram
Dass.
a
local
trader.
It
meant
that
Maa
Balasundari
Jee
had
appeared
in
the
bag.
Dass
kept
selling
salt
all
day
from
the
bag,
but
it
always
remained
full.
The
goddess
then
appeared
in
Dass'
dream.
She
told
him
how
she
had
disappeared
from Devban and
instructed
him
to
build
a
Temple
at
Trilok
Pur
to
establish
her
PINDI
Swaroop
(which
already
existed
inside
the
bag
of
salt).
She
instructed
Dass
also
directed
to
worship
in
the
name
of
Mahamaya
Balasundari
–
an
infant
state
of
Goddess Vaishno
Devi .
Dass
did
not
have
enough
money
to
build
a
temple,
so
he
approached
the
ruler
of Sirmour
state for
funding.
After
getting
the
money,
Dass
started
building
the
temple.
The
king
invited
some
artisans
from Jaipur in
1570
AD
to
create
themarble
temple.
It
was
finished
and
dedicated
to
Goddess
Tripura
Bala
Sundri
in
1573
AD.
After
the
temple
was
completed,
the
royal
family
started
worshipping
Goddess
Bala
Sundri
In
1823,
the
temple
was
renovated
by
Maharaja
Fateh
Prakash
and
by
Maharaja
Raghubir
Prakash
in
1851.