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High medieval · Hindu · Nepal

Bala Tripura Sundari Temple

Tripurakot, Dolpa District, Karnali · 29.0250°, 82.7840°

Durga as Bala Tripura Sundari BhagawatiUndetermined
Sacred since
1057 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
est. 1057 CE; said to be 12th c.
Undetermined

History & significance

A goddess temple on the bank of the Thuli Bheri river near Tripurakot in Dolpa District, dedicated to Durga in her Bala Tripura Sundari form and traditionally dated to the 11th-12th century.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.

King Bikram Shahi is said to have uncovered an image of Bhagwati in an excavated pit, from which butterflies flew out and turned to stone, one of them marking the spot where the temple was raised.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined