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Kolhua Hill, Hunterganj, Chatra, Jharkhand · 24.3763°, 84.8643°
A tenth-century goddess shrine on the 1,575-foot Kolhua hill in Chatra district, revered as a Shakta pitha. The hill is unusual for carrying Hindu, Jain and Buddhist associations together, including a footprint attributed to the Jain tirthankara Parshvanatha and a Jain temple built in 1682, destroyed and later rebuilt.
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.
Devotees hold that the womb of Sati fell on this hill, and that the Pandavas, and later Rama with Sita and Lakshmana, sheltered here during their forest exiles.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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