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High medieval · Hindu · India

Bahucharaji Temple

Becharaji, Mehsana, Gujarat · 23.5414°, 72.0865°

Bahuchara MataUndeterminedShakti Peetha
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A major Shakti pilgrimage centre in Mehsana district that gives the town of Becharaji its name, now managed by the state government and equipped with guesthouses and dharamshalas for pilgrims. Its great fair falls on the full moon of Chaitra.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined