High medieval · Hindu · India

Bahucharaji Temple

Becharaji, Mehsana, Gujarat · 23.5414°, 72.0865°

Bahuchara MataUndetermined—Shakti Peethadisputed

Contested attributions

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Shakti Peetha — The Bahuchara Mata article describes the Becharaji temple in Mehsana as 'a minor Shakta pitha', citing a Government of Gujarat development plan, without naming an enumeration or a body part, and it does not appear in Wikipedia's combined Shakta pithas table (as of 2026). source

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A major Shakti pilgrimage centre in Mehsana district that gives the town of Becharaji its name, now managed by the state government and equipped with guesthouses and dharamshalas for pilgrims. Its great fair falls on the full moon of Chaitra.

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