A Shakti Peetha said to mark the spot where Sati's tooth fell, patronized historically by the Kakatiya-descended rulers of Bastar who made the goddess their royal deity.
Central to the famous 75-day Bastar Dussehra, one of India's longest festivals, blending tribal and Hindu traditions in worship of the goddess.
Nearest airport: Raipur/Jagdalpur. Nearest railway station: Jagdalpur, then road to Dantewada.
Guesthouses in Jagdalpur town, roughly an hour from the temple.
Contact Chhattisgarh Tourism Board.
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