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State Temple
Mahamaya Temple
महामाया मंदिर, बिलासपुर
Location
Ratanpur (near Bilaspur), Chhattisgarh
Darshan
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Deity
🪔Goddess Mahamaya (Durga / Saraswati)
Entry
Free entry
The Mahamaya Temple is one of the 52 Shakti Peethas in India, where the right shoulder of Sati is believed to have fallen. The Goddess Mahamaya is the Kuldevi (family deity) of the Kalachuri kings of Ratanpur.
Mythology
The temple was built in the 11th century by King Ratnadeva I of the Kalachuri dynasty. It is believed that the king saw a divine light (jyoti) emanating from a banyan tree, under which he discovered the dual-faced idol of the Goddess.