Vaital Deul Temple Located near Bindu Sagar. It is built in 800 A.D, The most striking feature of the temple is its deul (Tower) with rectangular shape.
The temple shows evidences of the Buddhist cave architecture.
Vaital Deul Temple is dedicated to Goddess Chamunda (Goddess Durga) , a destructive incarnation of Goddess Kali which is depicted as enthroned upon a corpse, wearing a necklace of skulls and Sticking out her bright red tongue.
In this temple you will see a four faced linga and of some of Indias first erotic carvings, suggesting that tantric beliefs may have been first propagated here.
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