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Monday, 16 May 2016

Jai Ma Danteshwari Mandir

Tallest statue of Lord Bajrang Bali is situated in Jai Ma Danteshwari Mandir at Dantewada city belongs to Dantewada (or Dakshin Bastar) district in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It is located about 87 kms from Jagdalpur tehsil and 383 kms from the state capital city Raipur.
The town is named after the Goddess Danteshwari, the presiding deity of the Danteshwari temple located in the town. The Goddess is worshipped as an incarnation of Shakti (Parvati) and the temple is held to be one of the 52 sacred Shakti Peethas in India.
Ma Danteshwari temple was built in the 14th century by the Chalukya Kings in south Indian style of temple architecture. The idol of Danteshwari Mai is chiseled out of black stone.
Dantewada (or Dantewara) is blessed with beautiful tall and long series of hills with full of thick green Sal trees and teak forests.

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