Charchika Temple

Charchika Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
District	Cuttack
Deity	Charchika (Chamunda)
Location
Location	Banki
State	Odisha
Country	India
Geographic coordinates	20°22′38″N 85°31′40″E / 20.377257°N 85.527682°E / 20.377257; 85.527682

Charchika Temple is one of the oldest Shakti places in Odisha, India. It is located in a town of Banki of Cuttack district in Odisha. The presiding deity is an eight-armed goddess Chamunda, locally known as Maa Charchika Devi. She is seated on a prostrate human body and wearing a garland of human skulls. She displays khadga, shula, katari and varadamudra in her four right hands whereas the four left hands represent severed head, blood-cup, ‘’damru’’ and leaving a finger of the remaining hand soaked in blood. This temple is situated on top of a small hillock Ruchika Parvata on the banks of the Renuka river in the small town of Banki in Cuttack district of Odisha.^[1]