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{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
| name = Danteshwari Temple<br />
| image = Danteswari Temple 0034.jpg<br />
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| map_type = India Chhattisgarh#India<br />
| map_caption = Location in Chhattisgarh<br />
| coordinates ={{coord|18.8966|81.3450|type:landmark_region:IN|display=title}} <br />
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| country = [[India]]<br />
| state = [[Chhattisgarh]]<br />
| district = [[Bastar district|Bastar]]<br />
| location = [[Dantewada]]<br />
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| deity = Danteshwari ([[Shakti]])<br />
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| architecture = [[Hindu temple architecture]]<br />
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| year_completed = 14th century<br />
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| website = {{url|https://www.maadanteshwari.in}}<br />
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'''Danteshwari Temple''' is [[Hindu temple]], dedicated to [[Shakti|Goddess Danteshwari]], and is one of the 52 [[Shakti Peethas]], shrines of [[Shakti]], the divine feminine, spread across [[India]]. The temple built in the 14th century, is situated in [[Dantewada]], a town situated 80&nbsp;km from [[Jagdalpur]] [[Tehsil]], [[Chhattisgarh]]. Dantewada is named after the Goddess Danteshwari, the presiding deity of the earlier [[Kakatiya]] rulers. Traditionally she is the ''Kuldevi'' (family goddess) of [[Bastar state]],<ref>{{cite EB1911 |wstitle=Bastar |volume=3 |page=499}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dantewada.nic.in/history_temple.htm History of the temple] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171020194954/http://dantewada.nic.in/history_temple.htm |date=20 October 2017 }} [[Dantewada district]] Official website.</ref><ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20100923203939/http://chhattisgarhtourism.net/reasons_to_visit/danteshwari_temple.htm Danteshwari Temple]}} [[Chhattisgarh]] State Tourism, Official website.</ref><br />
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The temple is as according legends, the spot where the ''Daanth'' or Tooth of [[Sati (Goddess)|Sati]] fell, during the episode when all the [[Shakti]] shrines were created in the ''[[Satya Yuga]]''.<br />
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Every year during [[Dusshera]] thousands of tribals from surrounding villages and jungles gather here to pay homage to the goddess, when her idol was taken out of that ancient Danteshwari temple and then taken around the city in an elaborate procession, now a popular tourist attraction part of the '[[Bastar district|Bastar]] Dussehra' festival.<ref>[http://www.india9.com/i9show/-Chhattisgarh/Danteshwari-Temple-14030.htm Danteshwari Temple]</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040117081905/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mag/2003/12/14/stories/2003121400210800.htm Celebration in tribal land] [[The Hindu]], Dec 14, 2003.</ref> There also a is tradition of lighting [[Jyoti Kalash]]as during [[Navaratri]]s here.<br />
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==Legend==<br />
[[File:Dakshayani.jpg|right|240px|thumb|[[Shiva]] carrying the corpse of [[Dakshayani]]]]<br />
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It is believed that a tooth of Sati had fallen here and Danteshwari [[Shakti Peethas|Shakti Peetha]] was established. According to the ancient legend, Goddess Sati committed self-immolation in the fire pit of [[yagna]] kund, due to an insult committed by her father Daksha towards her consort Lord Shiva during the Yagna. Raged by the death of Sati, [[Shiva]] destroyed the Yagna of [[Daksha]] and with the body of [[Sati (Goddess)|Sati]] in his hands started to do 'Taandav'. [[Lord Vishnu]] cut the dead body of Goddess Sati with his [[Sudarshan Chakra]] to free Lord Shiva from the grief caused by her death. Parts of the dead body of Goddess Sati were scattered to fifty-two different places, which were consecrated as Shakti Pithas.<br />
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==Architecture==<br />
The Danteshwari temple was built in the 14th Century. The idol of Danteshwari Mai is chiseled out of black stone. The temple is divided into four parts such as Garbh Griha, Maha Mandap, Mukhya Mandap and Sabha Mandap. Garbha Griha and Maha Mandap were constructed with stone pieces. There is a [[Garuda]] Pillar in front of the entrance of the temple. The temple itself is located in a spacious courtyard surrounded by massive walls. The shikhara is adorned with sculptural finery.<br />
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==Danteshwari temple Jagdalpur==<br />
Danteshwari Temple is the centre of the famous Bastar Dussehra. The devotion of locals, as well as tribals, is intricately linked to the presiding deity of Bastar. Unlike the idol of the goddess in Dantewada which is black in color, this idol is white.<br />
[[File:Danteshwari Temple , Jagdalpur.jpg|thumb|Danteswari Temple Jagdalpur]]<br />
[[File:Goddes Danteswari.jpg|thumb|Goddess Danteswari]]<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Hindu temples in India]]<br />
* [[Tamda Ghumar]]<br />
* [[Chitrakote Falls]]<br />
* [[Kotumsar Cave]]<br />
* [[Mendri Ghumar]]<br />
* [[Kanger Ghati National Park]]<br />
* [[Indravati National Park]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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* [http://wikimapia.org/3382672/et/Maa-Danteshwari-temple Danteshwari-temple] at ''[[wikimapia]]''<br />
* {{Official website|https://templeknowledge.com/danteshwari-temple/|name=Danteshwari Temple}}<br />
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