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The '''temple of the goddess Bhagabati''', the presiding [[deity]] of the [[India]]n town [[Banapur]] has earned celebrity as a centre of religious activities.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://tourism.oriyaonline.com/bhagabati_temple.html |title=Orissa Tourism - Bhagabati Temple, Orissa Temple, Shaktipithas of Orissa {{pipe}} tourism.oriyaonline.com |work=tourism.oriyaonline.com |year=2012 |quote=Based in Bampur, in Khordha District of Orissa the Bhagabati Temple is one of the famous Shaktipithas of Orissa |accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref><br />
<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1101024/jsp/orissa/story_13092111.jsp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) {{pipe}} Orissa {{pipe}} Devotees back at Bhagabati temple |work=telegraphindia.com |year=2012 |quote=The 700-year-old Bhagabati temple at Banpur in Khurda district |accessdate=22 June 2012}}</ref><br />
Once Banapur was the capital of the Sailodhvaba dynasty, responsible for the construction of the early group of temples at [[Bhubaneswar]]. The large number of Buddhist images discovered at Banapur relate the place to the [[Vajrayana]] cult of Buddhism.<br />
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==Animal sacrifice==<br />
On 5 October 2010 the Orissa High Court directed the state government to make sure that animal sacrifices are not conducted at the temple during the [[Vijayadashami|Dussehra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Court bans animal sacrifice |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/odisha/court-bans-animal-sacrifice/cid/478034 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |accessdate=18 August 2020 |date=7 October 2010}}</ref><br />
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