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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox Hindu temple<br />
|name = Maa Majhighariani Temple<br />
|native_name = Odia : ମା ମଝୀଘରିଆଣୀ ମନ୍ଦିର<br />
|image = Maa Sri Majhigauri.jpg<br />
|caption = Maa Majhighariani Temple <br />
|map_type = India Odisha<br />
|coordinates = {{coord|19|9|36.121|N|83|24|28.044|E|type:landmark_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br />
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|map_caption = Location in Odisha<br />
|map_size = 250<br />
|country = [[India]]<br />
|state = [[Odisha]]<br />
|district =[[Rayagada]]<br />
|locale = [[Rayagada town]]<br />
|elevation_m = 219<br />
|elevation_footnotes =<br />
|deity = Maa Majhi Ghariani <br />
|festivals = [[Durga Puja]] and Chaitra Puja <br />
|architecture = [[Kalinga Architecture]]<br />
|temple_quantity = 7<br />
|creator = [[Vishwanath Dev Gajapati]]<br />
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|temple_board =<br />
|website = https://rayagada.nic.in/tourist-place/maa-majhighariani-temple/ <br />
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'''Majhighariani Temple''' is a shrine to a goddess in the [[Rayagada]] township of [[Odisha, India|Odisha]].<ref name="orissareview">{{cite journal |last1=Rao |first1=M.S. |title=Goddess Majhi Ghariani of Rayagada |journal=Orissa Review |date=September 2009 |pages=13–15 |url=http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2009/September/engpdf/13-15.pdf |access-date=16 July 2018 |archive-date=16 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180716111813/http://magazines.odisha.gov.in/Orissareview/2009/September/engpdf/13-15.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> It was built by King [[Vishwanath Dev Gajapati]] of the [[Suryavansh]] dynasty of Nandapur - [[Jeypore]] kingdom. It is believed that he made Rayagada his capital and after the construction of the temple he went on to conquer a vast dominion and expanded his kingdom from parts of [[Bengal]] to [[Telangana]] in south.{{sfn|KBS Singh|1939|p=17}}<br />
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Visitors come to the shrine, especially on Wednesdays and Fridays and for [[Vijayadashami|Dussehra]] in October and [[Chaitra]] parva in March–April.{{citation needed|date=September 2019}} The nearest railhead is [[Rayagada]].<br />
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==History==<br />
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According to the Odisha District Gazetteer, the 16th century [[Suryavansh]]i king [[Vishwanath Dev Gajapati]] moved his capital to Rayagada from Nandapur and built a fort on the [[Nagavali]] river, now in ruins, in which he built a temple of the Majhighariani goddess. The fort was later destroyed by the British, who used the stones to build a bridge. The current temple was built in the late 20th century.<br />
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==References==<br />
* {{cite book |author=KBS Singh |title=Nandapur A Forsaken Kingdom |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.209240 |year=1939 |publisher=Utkal Sahitya Press |isbn=978-81-86772-17-1 }}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.eodissa.com/moodissa/mojilla/58-rayagada/595-maa-majhighariani-templefamous-temple-of-rayagada maa majhighariani]<br />
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{{Shakti temples in Orissa}}<br />
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