Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur
Deities

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur

Mahāmāyā — ancient Chhattisgarhi mother-goddess

Status · Anusandhāna
Source · Tier 2
Tradition · Hindu
Period · Varies by tradition

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur

Tradition

Hindu / Shakta / Chhattisgarhi

The Place

  • Location: Ratanpur, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh (22.2833°N, 82.1667°E)

Sacred Narrative

Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur — the presiding goddess of the Haihaya-vamśī kings of Chhattisgarh (11th–17th c. CE). Ratanpur was the Kalachuri-era capital. The shrine's ancient stone-idol is the principal devī of coastal and plateau Chhattisgarh. Annual Caitra Navrātri draws half a million. The goddess is counted among the 52 Shakti pīṭhas (though not on the traditional canonical 51 list).

Why This Entry Matters

India's sacred landscape embraces all faith-traditions — Hindu, Jain, Buddhist, Christian, Muslim, Sikh, Jewish, Zoroastrian, tribal, regional-folk — each with its own cosmology. This entry honors Hindu on its own terms.

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✦Wisdom Graph: Divine Associations✦

MantraTradition-specific invocations
Offerings
tradition-specific
Sacred colours
tradition-specific

📖 Stories

  • Narrative of Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur
    **Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur** — the presiding goddess of the Haihaya-vamśī kings of Chhattisgarh (11th–17th c. CE). Ratanpur was the Kalachuri-era capital. The shrine's ancient stone-idol is the principal devī of coastal and plateau Chhattisgarh. Annual **Caitra Navrātri** draws half a million. The goddess is counted among the 52 Shakti pīṭhas (though not on the traditional canonical 51 list).
    — Community tradition + scholarly sources

🪔 Worship Procedures

Daily rites
• tradition-specific observances
Puja sequence
  1. tradition-specific

🛕 Principal Temples

🎊 Festivals

  • Annual Mahāmāyā of Ratanpur festival
    Seasonally · 1–15 days

📜 Primary Scriptural Sources

  • Primary texts of Hinduscriptural / devotional / oral