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High medieval · Hindu · Nepal

Kalika Bhagawati Temple

Baglung, Baglung District, Gandaki · 28.2559°, 83.6136°

Kalika (Kali)UndeterminedPagoda
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A pagoda temple southeast of Baglung town on the southern bank of the Kali Gandaki in Gandaki Province, dedicated to Kalika, one of the fiercest forms of Shakti.

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.

A king is said to have received the goddess's image as dowry, and when the wedding party halted overnight in a forest and no one could lift the idol the next morning, he built the temple on that spot.

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Sources

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