Majhighiani

Majhighariani is the presiding goddess of Rayagada town in southern Odisha, worshipped in a temple famous in the southern division of the state and across the border in Andhra Pradesh. Worshippers gather on Sundays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and the great festival is the Chaitra Parba in March and April. The name is explained as meaning the goddess seated in the central room of the palace. Devotees consider her a form of Durga and the protector of the town and its surrounding region.

According to Wikipedia, the temple was built by King Vishwanath Dev Gajapati of the Suryavansha dynasty, who made Rayagada his capital in the sixteenth century and, after the temple was built, went on to conquer a wide territory. One account explains the name as the goddess being placed in the...