please tell me about goddess Sheetala..?

Shitala is the Hindu Goddess of smallpox, both the disease and the cure. When Shitala first arose from a sacrificial fire, Brahma told her that humans would always worship her, as long as she carried the seeds of a particular lentil. Along with her companion, Jvarasura, the demon of fever, she traveled to visit the other Gods. Somewhere along the way, her lentils turned into smallpox germs, and anyone who they visited came down with a fever and smallpox. The Gods asked Shitala for mercy, and asked her to take her load of germs and go to the earth. She agreed, and she and Jvarasura went down to the earth. Their first stop was to the court of King Birat, who worshipped Shiva. King Birat would not give Shitala supremacy over Shiva, so she threatened to infect his people. He was not swayed, and Shitala called down 75 different kinds of pox on his people. The disease spread far and wide, and there were many deaths. Finally, King Birat relented, and Shitala healed him and his people.

Shitala rides on a donkey, and she has four arms. In her hands she carries a silver broom, a fan, a small bowl, and a pot of water. She uses these items to rid a house of disease–she sweeps up the germs with her broom, uses the fan to collect them, and dumps them into the bowl. She then sprinkles water from the pot (which is water from the river Ganges) to purify the house. Shitala’s name means “the cooling one”, and is also seen as Shitala Mata, Sheetla Mata, Shitala Devi, and Sheetala Devi.

Sheetlastami is celebrated in the dark half of Chaitra Masa. People worship Sheetla mata this day.

The Story:

Once there was an old lady in a village, who used to eat meal after worshipping Sheetla Mata on the day of Basoda. No one else in the village used to do so.

When the King of the village heard about it, he called the old lady sending his secretary. When the lady reached in the court of king, the king asked him the reason after it. Then the old lady said him, "Maharaj, On the day of Basoda, i worship Sheetla mata before taking meal and take the meal made on the previous day. So by the grace of Mata, my hut is safe".

Hearing it, the king announced in the village that every person of village worship Sheetla mata on the day of Basoda and eat the meal cooked on previous day.

It is as simples as this: God is the Absolute Creator Who is not created. He existed always. So will He exist forever. When we look upon ourselves, we find that we are also created rather than we being creator of ourselves. We are human. Our duty is to be righteous and call other people to be righteous as well to save all of us from torments of hell. It starts from believing in the One Absolut Creator Who begets none nor is He begotten, in His angels, in His apostles or prophets, in His books revealed to the prophets, in the death and after live, on the dooms day and the Day of Judgement. Cheers

She is one of the Grama devata (Village dieties) like; Ankamma; Poleramma; Mutyalamma etc. She is woershipped to save from small pox to provide coolness and relief from the disease. Sheetala yantras are also used.

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please tell me about goddess Sheetala..?