Dhandai Devi, worshipped as Adi Shakti, Mahalakshmi and MahishasuramardiniRajasthani settler clansMaratha stone
Sacred since
1500 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
16th c. stone temple
Rajasthani settler clans
History & significance
A Shakti temple in the Khandesh country of Maharashtra whose goddess is the kuladaivat of a number of Marathi communities. Clans that had come from Rajasthan raised the stone temple in the sixteenth century, and Navaratri brings the largest crowds.