Bhadrakali Temple, Nashik

Bhadrakali; Bhrāmarī in the selected Janasthana PN witness · Nashik, Maharashtra, India

Shakti Peetha: local tradition; PN identification qualified

Bhadrakali’s city shrine in Nashik preserves a local Janasthana chin tradition, alongside continuing Saptashati recitation and Navratri worship.

Quick facts

Primary deity: Bhadrakali; Bhrāmarī in the selected Janasthana PN witness
Location: Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Classification: PN 51 working list: identification qualified
City / regional gateway: Nashik
Airport: Ojhar/Nashik Airport (regional gateway)
Major railway station: Nashik Road (regional rail gateway)
Major festival periods: Navratri; Ashwin Purnima observance in the trust’s calendar

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Spiritual importance and significance

The Bhadrakali shrine on Bhadrakali Road belongs to the religious life of Nashik city. Its public trust explicitly connects it with Janasthana and the chin of Sati. This is the local sacred identification followed in this profile.

The selected Pithanirnaya witness names Janasthāna with the chin, Bhrāmarī and Vikṛta or Vikṛtākṣa. Bhadrakali is the temple’s living name. The relationship between these names is a regional identification, and the shrine remains distinct from the Bhadrakali temple at Kurukshetra.

Bhadrakali Devi Mandir public trust: local history and sacred form.

Janasthana and the Nashik identification

The Janasthana entry belongs to the sacred geography of Sati’s dispersed body. The temple trust locates the chin association in Nashik and uses the name Bhadrakali for the Goddess. Friederike Grenner’s study also identifies the Bhadrakali temple near Nashik among the contemporary Janasthana identifications.

Saptashrungi at Vani is a separate hill shrine. Nashik district describes it within Maharashtra’s three-and-a-half Peetha tradition, and government tourism accounts give a right-arm association. Its hill access, sacred image and visitor arrangements should therefore be read on their own terms rather than transferred to the city temple.

Nashik district: Saptashrungi’s separate regional tradition.

What makes Nashik’s Bhadrakali shrine distinctive?

An urban Janasthana identification centred on the local chin tradition.
A trust-described eighteen-armed metal image of Bhadrakali.
A continuing programme of Saptashati recitation, women’s bhajans and Navratri observances.

History and development

The trust’s history dates the temple’s completion to 1790 and attributes its construction to Patvardhan and Dixit. This is the institution’s account of the building’s development. It also describes the temple as a two-storeyed structure.

Nashik district’s Panchvati account lists Bhadrakali among the city’s many shrines around the Godavari religious landscape. The temple can be understood within that urban setting without borrowing the foundation dates or architectural descriptions of Kalaram or other neighbouring temples.

Nashik district: Panchvati and the city’s temples.

The Devi and temple setting

The trust describes a small panchadhatu image with eighteen arms. This metal form is specific to its account of Bhadrakali and differs from the large rock-cut Goddess at Saptashrungi. The two sacred images should not be confused.

The trust’s published address places the shrine on Bhadrakali Road in Nashik. Consult its own visual material for the current worship setting and confirm any photography restrictions before making images during a visit.

Bhadrakali Devi Mandir public trust: local history and sacred form.

Worship, festivals and visiting

The trust describes Saptashati recitation, women’s afternoon bhajans and morning and evening worship. Its Marathi home page records the nine-day Navratri observance, Ashtami homa and an Ashwin Purnima Navachandi yajna. These are institution-specific descriptions of the worship calendar.

Nashik Road is the rail gateway named by the district, which also identifies Ojhar/Nashik Airport for air access. The district’s distances are to the city centre and should not be quoted as temple-to-airport or temple-to-station distances. Arrange the final city connection to Bhadrakali Road separately.

Bhadrakali Devi Mandir public trust: worship and observances.

Planning Your Visit

Nearest major city: Nashik
Temple location: Nashik
State / province / region: Maharashtra
Country: India
Nearest airport: Ojhar/Nashik Airport (regional gateway)
Nearest major railway station: Nashik Road (regional rail gateway)
Typical access route: Travel into Nashik city, then continue to the trust’s temple address on Bhadrakali Road. This is a city shrine, distinct from the hill temple at Saptashrungi.
Important festival periods: Navratri; Ashwin Purnima observance in the trust’s calendar
Official temple website: Official temple website
Government tourism / heritage URL: Government tourism / heritage URL
Visitor-information sources and checked date: Sources reviewed 2026-10-22; linked in Sources. Historical observations are dated separately from current visitor information.

Practical temple information

Opening pattern: The trust describes morning and evening worship; confirm the current full darshan timetable directly.

Last verified: 2026-10-22. Check the linked institution for changed arrangements.

Nearby sacred and cultural places

The Godavari riverfront, Ramkund and Kalaram Temple belong to Nashik’s wider sacred setting. Nashik district describes Panchvati’s concentration of shrines and its association with Rama and Sita. Individual entrances, worship times and routes remain separate from those of Bhadrakali.