According to legend, a cow used to visit the Shivalik Hills every day and offer milk at three nearby stones (Pindies) on the mountaintop. Local residents noticed three Holy Shilas and began worshipping them. It was later discovered that one of the Holy Shilas was the forehead of Shri Sati.

Eventually, Maharaja Gopal Singh of Manimajra built the present major temple of Shri Mansa Devi, which is located on the Shivalik foothills in hamlet Bilaspur, Tehsil and District Panchkula, between the years 1811 and 1815. The Patiala temple, located 200 metres from the main temple, was built by Sh. Karam Singh, the then Maharaja Patiala, in the year 1840.

Manimajra State was the patron of this shrine. The patronage of the state government disappeared after the union of princely states into Pepsu, and the temples became neglected. The raja of Manimajra then selected pujari as the temple's khidmatuzar, tasked with worshipping the temple's deity. Following the unification of the princely state into Pepsu, these pujaris gained autonomy in terms of regulating and managing the temple's business, as well as the land attached to the temple. They were unable to maintain the temple or give required amenities to the visiting devotees, and as a result, the temple's condition worsened day by day. There were no suitable arrangements for pilgrims because of this. It is stated that the next section of Sati Mata's head was fallen where the Mata Mansa Devi temple now stands. Mansa Devi's temple was once known as Mata Sati's temple. King Gopaldas of Manimajra is said to have dug a 3 kilometre long cave connecting his fort to the shrine.

Every day, he and his queen would journey to this cave to meet Mother Sati. The temple's closet did not open since the king did not appear.

OVERVIEW OF THE MANSA DEVI TEMPLE IN PANCHKULA

The picturesque temple complex is spread across an area of 100 acres abutting the village of Bilaspur, near Mani Majra, in the Panchkula district of Haryana, and is nestled in the foothills of the Shivalik mountain range. In Hinduism and Shaktism, the Mansa Devi Temple has retained its holiness as an important site for worshipping Shakti (Mansa Devi), the divine feminine incarnation of the innate cosmic energy claimed to epitomise and dominate the forces of the cosmos. The entire Shivalik foothills temple complex is spread out across around 100 acres. The temple's major feature is a tree around which people tie sacred threads in order to have their prayers fulfilled.

It is exquisitely crafted, with thirty-eight panels of wall murals and floral motifs adorning the walls and ceiling of the main temple. It is one of the most well-known Shakti temples in North India, having been built by Maharaja Gopal Singh in the early nineteenth century. In this section of the country, Shaktism is one of the most widely practised religions, having prominent Mansa Devi shrines in many of the northern states. The government now maintains the temple as a historical landmark. A dynamic aura pervades this place, which is steeped in legends and mythology.