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Dusbhuja Mandir at Narsinghgarh near Ghatshila in Jharkhand

Dusbhuja Mandir at Narsinghgarh is believed to be more than 2000 years old. It is located on National Highway 33, Jameshedpur to Bahragoda and is about 8 km from Ghatshila in Jharkhand. The black stone murti of Goddess Dusbhuja has ten arms with her holding numerous weapons.


The sanctum sanctorum of the shrine has murti of Goddess Dusbhuja flanked by Goddess Saraswati and Goddess Lakshmi. Jay and Vijay are seen near her feet. Under her right foot is a lion. Under her left foot is Demon Mahishasura. The sanctum also has murtis of Shiva, Ganesha with Mooshika and Nandi.

Kal Bhairav form of Shiva is worshipped here as Kotwal Baba.

Nearby Shiva temple has numerous Shivlings and murtis which were damaged by a Muslim invader.

Navratri and Shivratri are the most important festivals observed here.

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