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A Pair of Goddesses

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Across India, there are many temples where the Goddess is worshipped as a pair of women. In Nainital, Uttarakhand, we find the temple…

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Published March 26, 2020 · 3 min read
a pair of goddesses

By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist

Across India, there are many temples where the Goddess is worshipped as a pair of women. In Nainital, Uttarakhand, we find the temple of Nanda and Sunanda Devi. At this temple, we find the Goddess worshipped as a pair — Nanda and Sunanda. In Gujarat, we find the temple of Chamunda and Chotila atop a hill. Here too, we find the Goddess as a pair — two of them, worshipped together, leaning on each other.

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