The temple is very famous among tourists as the clean and fresh atmosphere here helps them relax from the day to day worries of life. It is believed that the goddess Tara Devi came all the way from Bengal to Himachal Pradesh and so this temple is dedicated to the goddess of stars.The temple is very famous among tourists as the clean and fresh atmosphere here helps them relax from the day to day worries of life. It is believed that the goddess Tara Devi came all the way from Bengal to Himachal Pradesh and so this temple is dedicated to the goddess of stars.Embedded in the hoary past, mentioned in the Puranas and the Tantras as the main seat of Shakti worship since times immemorial, the Tara Tarini Hill Shrine is an important pre-historic Shakti center. It is believed to be the Sthana Peetha or Breast shrine of Adi Sakti and it is among the 51 shakti pethas of India.In the Shaivism and Shaktism tradition of Hinduism, the goddess Tara (Sanskrit: तारा, Tārā) is the second of the ten Mahavidyas. She is considered a form of Adishakti, the tantric manifestation of Parvati.