Sri Chamundeshwari Temple History The Sri Chamundeshwari Temple occupies an eminent position in the history of Karnataka and Hindu religion with great antiquity and a history of over 1000 years. A fierce form of ‘Shakti’, the temple is built for the goddess ‘Chamundi’, one of the avatars of Durga or Parvati. Visit the 17th-century temple of Goddess Durga, the patron deity of Mysuru Royal Family, on Chamundi Hills. See the huge statue of Mahishasura, the demon slain by Durga, and the monolithic Nandi, one of the largest in the country. Chamunda (Sanskrit: चामुण्डा, IAST: Cāmuṇḍā), also known as Chamundeshwari , Chamundi or Charchika, is a fearsome form of Chandi, the Hindu mother goddess, Mahadevi and is one of the seven Matrikas. [4] She is also one of the chief Yoginis, a group of sixty-four or eighty-one Tantric goddesses, who are attendants of the warrior goddess Parvati. [5] The name is a combination of Chanda and Munda, two demons whom Chamunda killed. She is closely associated with Mahakali or ... Chamundeshwari Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the fierce form of Shakti on Chamundi Hills near Mysuru, Karnataka. It is one of the 18 Shakta pithas and a popular pilgrimage site for Navaratri and other festivals.
