High medieval · Hindu · India

Banni Mata Temple

Tundah, Chamba district, Himachal Pradesh · 32.5410°, 76.4610°

Banni Mata (Kali / Shakti Devi)Undetermined—

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

An old goddess shrine at about 2,600 m at the foot of the Pir Panjal near Tundah village, facing the Manimahesh peak, and an important pilgrimage of the Bharmour region. Its fair falls in Bhadrapada around August and is led by a temple chela, or oracle.

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