Chausath Yogini, Hirapur

Hypaethral circular shrine of sixty-four yoginis outside the Lingaraj crowds.

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History

Hirapur’s Chausath Yogini temple near Bhubaneswar is a small circular roofless shrine of sixty-four yoginis, still used in tantric and folk worship. It is among Odisha’s most important Shakta monuments outside the great Lingaraj complex.

Legends

• Each yogini is a syllable of the Goddess’s body-mandala; Hirapur preserves that circle in living stone.