Baitala Deula
Shakta Temples of Odisha | Bhubaneswar
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1 min readMar 13, 2017
Baitala Deula is an 8th-century Shakta temple in Bhubaneswar dedicated to the ghastly Goddess Chamunda. This ancient shrine was intensely associated with Tantra and sacrifices. The post to which carcasses would be tethered is still present.
The main deity in the dark sanctum is a terrifying image- hundreds of sacrifices, even human sacrifices have to been made to her.
