Place · goddess temple · India
Mahamaya Temple, Ambikapur
The principal goddess temple of Surguja, at the centre of Ambikapur. The town takes its own name from the goddess, as the place of Ambika.
Shakti
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.123, 83.198
Worth knowing
The temple of Samlaya Mata stands about a kilometre away, and the pair are visited together.
Connections (2)
- AnalogueMahamaya Temple, Chanwaridand
Mahamaya is the dominant goddess of this whole division, with major temples at Ambikapur, Chanwaridand and Devipur and a shrine on the fort hill at Sendurigarh. Ambikapur takes its name from her.
- AnalogueMahamaya Temple, Devipur
The district headquarters temple and the Devipur hill shrine keep the same goddess in different registers: the town cult and the Adivasi Chaitra Navratri rites with their sowing of jaware.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026
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