Jawalamukhi, or Jwalamukhi also Jawalaji, is a temple town and a nagar parishad in Kangra district in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh.

[1] Firuz Shah Tughlaq during his campaign of Nagarkot destroyed the temple and desecrated its main deity.

History says that the ruling king, Raja Bhumi Chand, Katoch of Kangra, a great devotee of the goddess Durga, dreamt of the sacred place and the king sent people to find the whereabouts of the site.

[4] The present shrine consists of a gold-gilded dome, various pinnacles and a silver entrance door.

The goddess Jwalamukhi is worshipped as an eternal flame that emerges from a small fissure in a rock inside the sanctum sanctorum.

Akbar, the erstwhile emperor of the Mughal dynasty, once tried to extinguish the flames by covering them with an iron disk and even splashing water on them, fearing the fire might burn down the town.

However, the parasol fell suddenly and as per the folklore the gold formed another metal, unknown to the world.

There is a small platform in front of the temple and a big mandapa where a huge brass bell presented by the King of Nepal is hung.

The Daksha yaga and Sati's self-immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and even had an impact on the culture of India.