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High medieval · Hindu · Nepal

Dantakali Temple

Bijayapur, Dharan, Koshi · 26.8186°, 87.2909°

Sati Devi (as Dantakali)UndeterminedPagoda
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A hill shrine above Bijayapur in Dharan, kept as a Shakta seat and thronged at Navaratri and Dashain. Its name joins danta, tooth, to the goddess Kali.

Sthala katha — the traditional account

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.

The temple is held to mark the place where the teeth of the goddess Sati came to rest.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-28 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined