 The temple celebrates its annual festival called "Banashankari jatre", in the months of January or February.The festival comprises cultural programmes, boat festival as well as a "Rath yatra", when the temple goddess is paraded around the city in a chariot.Banshakhari is a form of Maa Shakambhari deviWhose temple is located in Saharanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.It is also known as Shaktipeeth Shakambhari Devi.