Place · dynastic tutelary shrine · India
Changdevi Temple, Bhagwanpur
The tutelary goddess of the Changbhakhar and Korea princely houses, worshipped not as an image but as a stone slab held to be Kalachuri work.
ShaktiDynasties & capitals
- Periods
- Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Early Modern Age
- Function
- Religious institution & practice
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.774, 82.022
Worth knowing
That two separate ruling houses kept the same family deity is the clearest surviving sign of the kinship between them.
Connections (1)
- Shared sacred geographyKorea Palace, Baikunthpur
Changdevi was the tutelary goddess of both the Changbhakhar and the Korea houses. A shared kuldevi is the surviving evidence of kinship between two princely states that were administratively separate.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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