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Pitambara Peeth

पीताम्बरा पीठ

Datia, Madhya Pradesh · 25.6700°, 78.4700°

Goddess Bagalamukhi, one of the ten MahavidyasModern—
Sacred since
1920 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
established in the 1920s
Modern

History & significance

A temple complex and ashram at Datia founded in the 1920s by Shree Swami Ji, among the best known shrines of Bagalamukhi, with further temples to Dhumavati, Parashurama, Hanuman and Kal Bhairav and a Sanskrit library.

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.

The Vankhandeswar linga within the complex is held by tradition to date from the time of the Mahabharata.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Modern