Place · hill goddess shrine · India
Kudargarh Dham
The temple of Kudargarhi Mata on the Kudargarh hill in Odgi block, with Suraj Dhara, Nagdhara, Vijaykund and the older dham on the same height, and a fair at Chaitra Navratri.
- Periods
- Early Modern Age, British Colonial Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.428, 82.909 (approximate)
Worth knowing
The first worship at the fair is performed by a Baiga family of the Cherva community together with the royal family, so the tribal priest and the former ruler divide the rite between them rather than one displacing the other.
About the place
Pin as supplied, 10 km from Surajpur, while the division's page puts Kudargarh 45 km away in Odgi block. The hill's position is not settled here.
Connections (2)
- Companion in the same setMahamaya Temple, Devipur
Two goddess hills of Surajpur district whose Chaitra Navratri fairs are the largest in the area. At Kudargarh the first worship is divided between a Baiga priest of the Cherva community and the former ruling family.
- Companion in the same setGadhautiya Devi Dham, Maholi
Hill shrines of the same stretch of Surajpur country, each with an old image on a height reached by climb rather than by road.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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