High medieval · Hindu · India

Renuka Devi Temple, Mahur

Mahur, Nanded, Maharashtra · 19.8478°, 77.9239°

Goddess Renuka (Matapur Niwasini Jagadamba)Undetermined—Shakti Peetha

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A hill shrine to Renuka, mother of Parashurama, counted among the three-and-a-half Shakta pithas of Maharashtra; the surrounding town is also revered as the birthplace of Dattatreya.

Sthala katha — the legend

Renuka was mortally wounded by Sahasrarjuna when she refused to surrender the cow Kamadhenu, and her son Parashurama performed her last rites at Mahur, where she then manifested on the hill.

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