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Temblai Devi or Tryamboli (as known locally) is form of Renuka devi, an incarnation of Goddess Durga and the presiding deity of temple located on a hilltop in the eastern part of Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India.
On account of the temple, the hillock on which the temple is located is known as Temblai hill. The temple complex has two temples, the bigger temple on the southern end is Temblai devi while the one on the northeastern side is a smaller one dedicated to Yamai devi. The location is flanked on the northern side by a road and the southern side by the territorial army quarters. Devotees, especially women visit the temple and pray to marry a man of their choice or if married, wish and pray for the long and healthy life of their husband. It is also a well-known local tourist spot for visitors and locals. The Temblai temple complex has been recognized as one of the many places to visit for tourists coming to the city. There exists another temple of Temblai devi near the Panchganga River at Kadamwadi a short distance away from this grand temple.
The temple complex has a large idol of Ganesha in the open plateau section on the northeastern side of the temple. Next to the Ganpati idol is a small commemorative bust statue of Shivaji built by the Devasthan committee. The local authorities have developed this area with a small children's park. In the pre-independence era, the hillock was a centre for treating tuberculosis patients on account of fresh air winds blowing in over the hill.
Another relatively lesser known temple of Goddess Temblai is located in the city on the banks of the Panchaganga river at Kadamwadi on the northeastern side of the city.
Another legend from the Karvir Puran states that Temblai, the younger sister of Mahalaxmi, left the city of Kolhapur 1800 years ago and came over to the hillock three miles from the city and remained there with her back to her elder sister at Mahalaxmi temple. Every year in the month of Ashvin, on the fifth day of the bright moon, the elder sister Mahalaxmi visits her younger sister at Temblai. The festival is now celebrated as traditional event where a procession is carried out with Mahalaxmi placed in a palkhi and followed by a young unmarried girl cutting a pumpkin to commemorate the killing of the demon Kolhasur by Mahalaxmi Ambabai. Temblai hill hosts a fair in the temple complex that has 15000–20000 pilgrims. There are offerings and distribution of sweets to the Goddess. The fair has food and toy stalls along with fun rides attractions for children. In October 2021, the Kolhapur Municipal corporation announced the launch of a special bus service during Navaratri for pilgrims to visit the Temblai, Mahalakshmi, Jyotiba Temple, Balumama and Nrusinhwadi temples in the region. However the authorities did not allow devotees for the traditional kohala ceremony for second year in a row amid concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The royal family of the Maratha Empire had also been actively participating in the temple celebrations. On one instance, the queens of the royal family of Kolhapur had invited Shahu II to perform a ceremony at the Temblai festival after his marriage.
In 2009, the Temblai temple at Panchganga ghat was also the venue for the Kolhapur municipal corporation event of Rankala Lake mahotsav. In 2015, a five member heritage committee of the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation declared Temblai as a heritage structure under the immediate protection category.
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