Place · hill goddess shrine · India
Mahamaya Temple, Devipur
A goddess temple on a hill at Devipur beside Surajpur town, where Adivasi families keep Chaitra Navratri with the sowing of jaware and their own rites.
- Periods
- Regional Flourishing, Islamic Age and Bhakti Traditions, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 23.212, 82.846 (approximate)
About the place
Pin as supplied, 21 km from Surajpur, while the division's page describes Devipur as adjoining the town. The hill's position is not settled here.
Connections (3)
- Route adjacencyRajmohini Devi
Rajmohini Devi's padyatras worked through the Adivasi villages of this country against drink and animal sacrifice, in the same Chaitra Navratri season that fills the Devipur hill with jaware rites. Her campaign ran against part of what those fairs contained.
- AnalogueMahamaya Temple, Ambikapur
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.
- Companion in the same setKudargarh Dham
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.
Sources
Commissioner, Surguja Division (division-surguja.cg.gov.in), tourist-destination pages, 2026; coordinates supplied by the editor
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