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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.