| Charchika Temple | |
|---|---|
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| 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 |
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]
- ^ "Info: Maa Charchika temple". fullodia.com. 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
charchika temple is situated on Ruchika hills on the banks of the Renuka river