What is the sthala katha — the legend — of Mahamaya Temple, Ratanpur?

Late medieval · Hindu · India

Mahamaya Temple, Ratanpur

महामाया मंदिर,रतनपुर,बिलासपुर

Ratanpur, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh · 22.3547°, 82.1053°

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.