About Samaleswari Temple

Samaleswari Temple is a Hindu temple in Sambalpur, Western Odisha, India committed to the goddess known as 'Maa', likewise referred to among the locals as samalei maa, which means Mother Samaleswari. Shree Samaleswari, the directing divinity of Sambalpur, is a solid religious power in western piece of Odisha and Chhattisgarh territory of India. On the bank of the waterway Mahanadi the mother goddess Samaleswari is loved from antiquated circumstances as Jagatjanani, Adishakti, Mahalaxmi and Mahasaraswati. The locale in which the temple is arranged has a rich social legacy. Sambalpur locale is prominently known as Hirakhanda from antiquated circumstances. Ptolemy has portrayed the place as Sambalak, as per Tavernir, the French explorer, and Edward Gibbon, the English antiquarian, precious stones were traded to Rome from Sambalpur.