Shri Kalyan Temple
| Shri diggi Kalyan ji Temple | |
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| Name | |
| Other names | Kalyan ji |
| Proper name | shree diggi Kalyan ji Maharaj |
| Geography | |
| Country | India, Hindustan |
| State | Rajasthan |
| District | Tonk |
| Location | Diggi, Malpura |
| Culture | |
| Important festivals | Ekadashi |
| History and governance | |
| Date built | 5600 years ago |
| Creator | King Digva |
Shri Kalyan Temple is a temple in Diggi, a town in Malpura tehsil, Tonk district, Rajasthan. Kalyan ji is incarnation of lord Vishnu. The temple was supposedly built by King Digva 5600 years ago. King Digva was a king at who received leprosy through the anger of an apsara.Story-When Urvashi the apsara of Lord Indra (Hindu belief) was dancing in king Indra's darbar, she started laughing at Indra. Upset by this he cursed her and threw her out of the kingdom for 12 years. She resented then he told her to go to the mrityulok (earth). There she served the saints and earned blessings in reward. When 12 years were to finish King Digva saw her in the garden. Impressed by her beauty he asked her to go with him in his palace she denied,and told about she being belonging to Indra. Digva opposed and invited Indra to fight. Years pass and nobody wins. Indra cheats and wins and Urvashi curses him to suffer from leprosy. He meditates and god Vishnu blesses him that on the bank of the river an idol will appear. When the image was installed the king would be free from leprosy. Following this king Digva discovered the Lord's image in stone and installed here.
Shri Kalyan Ji is Lord Vishnu himself. In the Hindu triad of gods, Vishnu sustains and preserves the creation of Brahma until Shankar finally destroys it. In this temple Vishnu himself is enshrined in the form of Kalyan Ji. The idol is in White marble. It bears four arms. The beauty of the idol is attractive and charming. Kalyan means benevolence and redemption from misery. The deity here blesses the visitors and believers with happiness and welfare and bestows on them all prosperity and worldly riches. He frees the devotees from miseries.