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Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)

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Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)

Chinnamastā of Rajrappa

Tradition · Hindu

Period · 12th c.

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⏳Historical Period12c CE

12th c.

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Sacred Facts · At a Glance

Gender: female
Sacred Colours: redgoldblack
Sacred Offerings: flowers · incense · coconut · blood offerings (historical)

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Primary Scriptures

2 sources

Tantric texts on Mahavidyastantra
Chhinnamasta Stotrastotra

Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)

Already covered; duplicate slug for cross-reference. The tantric Mahāvidyā shrine.

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Offerings: flowersincensecoconutblood offerings (historical)
Sacred colours: redgoldblack

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Chhinnamasta — Self-Decapitated Goddess
Chhinnamasta is a Mahavidya who depicts the goddess holding her own severed head. The self-decapitation representsego-death and transcendence in tantric practice.
— Tantric tradition

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites

• morning puja

• tantric rituals

Puja sequence

flowers
incense
coconut

🛕 Principal Temples

Rajrappa Chhinnamasta Temple12th c.
📍 Rajrappa, Ramgarh, Jharkhand, India
23.6334°, 85.7027° — view on map
Festivals: Chaitra Navratri · Ashwin Navratri
Tantric Mahavidya shrine; self-decapitated goddess form

🎊 Festivals

Chaitra Navratri
Chaitra (Mar–Apr) · 9 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

Tantric texts on Mahavidyastantra
Chhinnamasta Stotrastotra

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Sources & provenance

📜 1 Primary🎓 2 Scholarly📖 1 Tertiary

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Primary sourceBook
Various. Tantric Traditions of Jharkhand (1980)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Regional canonical sources (1900)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Jharkhand District Gazetteer (1880)
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Supporting reference
Xuanzang's records of tantric practices (7th c.)

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Chronology

12th c.

Sacred Geography

📍Rajrappa, Ramgarh, Jharkhand

Primary Citations

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Primary sourceBook
Various. Tantric Traditions of Jharkhand (1980)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Regional canonical sources (1900)
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Scholarly sourceBook
Jharkhand District Gazetteer (1880)
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Supporting reference
Xuanzang's records of tantric practices (7th c.)

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"Rajrappa Chhinnamasta (full)." ELGODS: Spiritual Encyclopedia of India, Deities, https://elgods.jambudweep.tech/explore/deities/chhinnamasta-rajrappa-dup. Accessed August 22, 2026.

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