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High medieval · Hindu · India
Barfani Dham
Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh · 21.0928°, 81.0061°
Shiva (with Patal Bhairavi and Navadurga)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A three-tiered temple complex at Rajnandgaon that stacks distinct shrines by level - Patal Bhairavi below, Navadurga or Tripura Sundari in the middle, and Shiva with a large linga and Nandi at the top - joining Shaiva and Shakta worship in one structure.