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High medieval · Hindu · India

Mama Bhanja Temple

Barsur, Dantewada district, Chhattisgarh · 19.1377°, 81.3736°

ShivaUndetermined
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at Barsur in Dantewada district, now maintained as a protected monument by the Archaeological Survey of India.

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.

Its name, meaning uncle and nephew, comes from the tale that the pair given the task of building it finished the work in a single day.

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Sources

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