Bhubaneswari Temple, The ancient Shakti peetha of Kolabira, Jharsuguda
In the Sambalpur empire, there are instances of worshiping the goddesses Samleswari,Khambeswari,Patneswari,Ranjita,Budha Raja,Mauli etc. by Chauhan kings. They have also established several Shakti Peeths in the sambalpur realm. The temple of Goddess Bhubaneswari is renowned as an ancient Shakti Peetha located in the vicinity of Kolabira fort in Kolabira village, 16 km away from Jharsuguda district. The goddess of the temple, Bhubaneswari is worshiped by the villagers as the presiding goddess. (Bhubaneswari Temple) History Kolabira, near Chhapra under Jharkhand kingdom was a Kolh tribal inhabited area in the twelfth century AD. A group of kohal community people of this village infiltrated the Gangpur Gadajat (Sudargarh) of the neighboring kingdom of odisha for purpose of earning livelihood, established Kolabira Village, and settled there. Though, another Kolh group from Kolabira of Jharkhand migrated to the ground of the Veden River and the IB River, w...
