Chamundeshwari: Temple Darshan Timings

Chamundeshwari Temple Darshan Timings, Poojas, How to Reach, Best Time to Visit. Chamundeshari Temple, a Maha Shakti Peetha, is located in Mysore. 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. 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 ... Anajaneya and Sri Chamundeshwari Development Authority Previously the above two temples were in the Poorniah Choultry. The choultry was demolished to enable the construction of M.G.Road. The two temples are retained in the midst of M.G.Road. It is learnt that the above two temples were built during the period of Dewan Poorniah.