Chinnamasta Temple is a very famous and popular place of Hindu pilgrimage, situated close to
Rajrappa Falls at
Rajrappa in
Hazaribagh District of
Jharkhand. The temple enshrines the deity of
Chinnamasta (the beheaded Goddess Kali), one of the ten forms of the Goddess
Durga holding her own head in her left hand and drinking the blood oozing out of her neck.
This is an old temple with an architectural design of Tantrik importance. There are two Dharamshalas in the temple yard. It is believed that one can accomplish all his desires by worshipping goddess Chinnamasta. Besides this temple, in the vicinity lie other temples such as the temples of Ashtamatrika and Dakshina Kali.
