Place · folk deity shrine · India
Khopa Dev Dham
A shrine of Khopa Dev with Khopa Dai, Budhi Mai and Jalhal Dev beside him, enshrined for about a century, where goats are offered in fulfilment of vows.
Adivasi historiesRegional networks
- Periods
- British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.268, 82.981
Worth knowing
Khopa Dev is worshipped as Daitya Raj and identified with the asura Banasura, which is an unusual case of a figure the Sanskrit tradition treats as an adversary being the object of the cult rather than its enemy.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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