Toshali Sands

Yogini Temples

Orissa is proud of the two shrines of sixty four Yoginis, one at Hirapur and the other at Ranipur Jharial. Hirapur is 15 kms. from Bhubaneswar with a circular temple built in honour of the sixty-four Yoginis. Ranipur-Jharial in the district of Bolangir has also the circular temple of these mysterious goddesses. The sanctums with no roof overhead have close resemblance to the Buddhist stupas with the difference that it is hollow within and no dome above. While entering in to the shrines of these awful deities one gets the impression of entering into the dark recesses of the primitive unconscious mind.