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The Temple of 64 Yoginis: Bengal's Forgotten Sacred Circle
In a quiet village in Birbhum district stands a stone circle older than the temples of Khajuraho—a roofless sanctuary to sixty-four goddesses, each a fierce form of the divine feminine. This episode takes us to Hirapur, to the 64 Yogini Temple, a tantric site that has puzzled archaeologists for over a century. We explore the Yogini cult's roots in early medieval Bengal, its links to the Kaula and Kapalika sects, and its sudden eclipse by the rise of Brahmanical orthodoxy. Along the way, we meet the 12th-century king Lakshman Sen, whose patronage may have shielded such heterodox shrines…
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