High medieval · Hindu · India
Chandikan Devi Temple (Chandikan Dham) Sandwa, Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh · 25.9192°, 81.9822°
Kali (Chandika) Undetermined —
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance A Kali shrine at Sandwa village, some 24 km from Pratapgarh town, around which a trading fair gathers every Tuesday. Its largest fair falls on Budhwa Mangal, and the Chandika Mahotsava is kept on the eighth and ninth days of Chaitra and Ashwin Navratri.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined