Mahamaya (Durga / Mahalakshmi), also called KosaleswariKalachuri of RatanpurNagaraShakti Peethadisputed
Contested attributions
This site is counted in the lists below by some sources and not others. We list the claim and the disagreement rather than silently picking a side.
Shakti Peetha — The Mahamaya Temple article describes Ratanpur as one of the 52 Shakta pithas, an enumeration outside the commonly cited 51, with no citation attached and no body part named (as of 2026).source
Sacred since
1100 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
present structure 1492; origins 12th–13th c.
Kalachuri of Ratanpur
History & significance
A goddess temple at the old Kalachuri capital of Ratanpur, counted among the fifty-two Shakti Peethas and revered as Kosaleswari, presiding deity of ancient Dakshina Kosala and family deity of the Ratanpur rulers.
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.
Tradition says the temple stands where king Ratnadeva was granted a vision of the goddess.