Saintala

Saintala lies in the western Odisha country south of Balangir. Its shrine to Chandi honours the goddess in the form of Mahishamardini, the slayer of the buffalo demon. Sculptural remains at the site include an image of Vishnu’s ten incarnations and a broken doorway carved with the river goddesses Ganga and Yamuna. Alongside other temples of the upper Mahanadi region, the shrine preserves traces of a long tradition of stone carving and goddess worship.