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High medieval · Hindu · India
Maa Barunei Temple
Barunei Hill, Khordha district, Odisha · 20.1620°, 85.6473°
Barunei, a manifestation of Shakti (with Karunei)Undetermined—
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hill shrine on Barunei Hill in Khordha district, Odisha, whose sanctum holds images of the twin goddesses Barunei and Karunei; the stream called Swarna Ganga runs from the hills beside it.