High medieval · Hindu · India

Tulja Bhavani Temple

Tuljapur, Dharashiv, Maharashtra · 18.0114°, 76.1256°

Goddess Bhavani (Tulja Bhavani)Kadamba—Shakti Peetha

Sacred since

1100 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

12th c. (Kadamba)

Kadamba

History & significance

A 12th-century temple to the goddess Bhavani, counted among the Shakta pithas and one of the three-and-a-half principal Shakti seats of Maharashtra. It is among the most heavily visited pilgrimage shrines in the state.

Sthala katha — the legend

The Skanda Purana relates that the goddess came to the aid of the ascetic widow Anubhuti on Yamunachala hill and afterwards settled at Tuljapur as Tulja Bhavani.

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