Chintapurni

(“She who fulfills one’s wishes”)
Presiding goddess of a temple in a village by the same name in the state of
Himachal Pradesh. Chintapurni is one
of the Shiwalik goddesses, a group of
local deities in the Shiwalik Hills who
are all considered to be manifestations
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Chintapurni
of a single feminine divine energy.
Chintapurni is considered to be a form
of the goddess Chinnamasta, and this
temple is one of the few dedicated
exclusively to her.