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Hidimbi, Bhima and her Manali temple
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A rakshasi became a goddess with a wooden temple in Manali's cedar forest.
Bhima kills the rakshasa Hidimb; his sister Hidimbi marries Bhima and bears Ghatotkacha. She stays behind and performs tapas to become a goddess. At Manali a cave temple built in 1553 by Maharaja Bahadur Singh stands around a rock, with a Ghatotkacha shrine 70 m away. In Nagaland, Hidimb is identified with Dimapur.
Who: Hidimbi, Hidimb, Bhima, Ghatotkacha
Bound to
Bakasura at Ekachakra: the village that is several places mirror
Indra's dart spent on Ghatotkacha causes
Days four to six: Bhīma, Ghaṭotkaca, Bhagadatta and the arrays birth
Day eight: Ghaṭotkaca's rampage birth
Places: Manali, Himachal Pradesh, Dimapur, Nagaland
Where this comes from
- devotional · Wikipedia: Hidimba Devi Temple
- modern-popular · Fried Eye: Mythology and North East India
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