What is the sthala katha — the legend — of Tara Tarini Temple?

High medieval · Hindu · India

Tara Tarini Temple

Purushottampur, Ganjam, Odisha · 19.4888°, 84.8992°

Tara and Tarini (Adi Shakti)Undetermined—Shakti Peethadisputed

Contested attributions

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Shakti Peetha — Tara Tarini is named as one of the four Adi Shakta pithas (breast) in Wikipedia's Shakta pithas article, where it appears at entry 54 of the combined table rather than within the first 51 (as of 2026). source

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A hilltop shrine of the twin goddesses Tara and Tarini on the Kumari hills above the Rushikulya river, counted among the four principal Adi Shakti Pithas of India.