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About 11 km south of Rajbiraj, the district headquarters of Saptari, is the ancient temple of the ancient goddess Chhinnamasta. Inside this Nepali style temple, there are five idols covering the head from right to left. These idols are Bhairavi, Chamunda, Chhinnamasta, Dakshinkali and Mahishmardini. It is called Chhinnamasta because the head of the idol was cut off. E. S. Tirhut state, whose capital was in the central and eastern Terai region of Nepal in 1310 BS. King Shakradev Singh, the fifth generation of the Karnataka Banshi king Nanyadeva, had made his son Kumar Harihar Singh Dev the king's representative and spent the rest of his life in a place called Saptari Sakhada. It is believed that the name of this place was changed to Sakhada after the name of these Shakra kings. It was this king who established Shakreshwari as his family goddess. Which is now known as Chhinnamasta Bhagwati. She was also worshiped by the name of Khadgeshwari. The same king established the goddess and built a temple. The beheading of this Bhavani is related to the beheading of Gayasudyani Tughlaq in 1385 BS and Sultan Samasudyani Muslims in 1406 BS when they invaded Nepal and destroyed the temples of various deities in Simraungadh. Later, the decapitated idol of the same Bhagwati was found in the pond. It is also called Mahishbhardini because of the color of Bhagwati's feet and the shape of her head. It is also called Chhinnamasta because of the beheading. This goddess is also called Shakhadeshwari or Khandeshwari. Thousands of goats, pigeons, calves and chickens are sacrificed here on the great festival of Nepali Hindus, Bijayadashami. Surprisingly, flies are not addicted to sacrificial blood. This is why these goddesses are called Sachhat Devi. Earlier worship was performed in this temple according to Tantric method but now worship is done according to Hindu tradition. Guthi has also been arranged for the regular worship of this Bhagwati and other arrangements.

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