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बम्बलेश्वरी देवी मंदिर
Dongargarh, Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh · 21.1794°, 80.7525°
A goddess shrine on a 1,600-foot hill at Dongargarh reached by about a thousand steps or a ropeway, with a second temple, Chhotti Bambleshwari, on level ground half a kilometre away. It is one of Chhattisgarh's largest Navaratri pilgrimages, drawing hundreds of thousands of devotees.
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.
Tradition tells of the childless king Veersen granted a son, Madansen, by Shiva and Parvati, after which he built the temple; another account has the goddess appearing to stop Vikramaditya from taking his own life.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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