Toshali Sands ::Ranipur Jharial

Ranipur Jharial
42 kilometres away from Titlagarh of Bolangir district, Ranipur Jharial is well-known for the sacred seats of Chausathi Yoginis. This place is also known as Soma Tirtha where Lord Somes war Mahadev is the object of veneration. The temple is entirely built of brick and biggest of all here.

Ranipur Jharial is an important archeological site and is located 35 Kms away from Titilagarh of Balangir district. This place is well known for the sacred seats of Chausathi Yoginis.

This place has preserved cross section of religious faiths like Saivism, Buddhism, Vaisnivism and Tantrism.

In ancient times these places were two very rich kingdoms. Queens were living at Ranipur and Jharial was a fort. Somavanshi keshari kings built many temples here and these temples can be dated back to the 9th and 10th century AD. It is said that there were at least 200 temples covering an area of about half a mile in length and and a quarter of a mile in width.