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Chehni, Banjar, Kullu district, Himachal Pradesh · 31.6277°, 77.3581°
A tall timber-and-stone tower at Chehni in the Banjar valley, about 350 years old and known as the Bhagwati temple for the goddess shrine it holds. It belongs to the wider Himachali tradition of village goddess cults and is celebrated for having withstood Himalayan earthquakes.
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.
Local lore holds that the tower was the fortified seat of a ruler remembered as Queen Chaini, from whom the village takes its name.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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