...an insight view of dharan.

Situated in the middle of the beautiful hillock in Dharan, the holy temple of Dantakali is famous among the Hindus as the place where lie the sacred teeth of the goddess Satidevi, the consort of the great god Mahadev. There is the popular belief that the temple still enshrines the sacred teeth.

The Hindu myths and the legends say that after the death of Satidevi, bereaved Mahadev carried the dead body upon his solder and walked incessantly in utteragony. Different parts of the body fell in different places as he walked on and the teeth fell in the places where the temple stands at present. The holy book of 'Swasthani Brata Katha' asserts this and gives the name Dantakali literally Danta meaning teeth and 'Kali' one of the various forms of goddess Durga.

Thousands of devotees from far and near congregate here with great religious fervor; mainly the first nine days of Dashain see great crowds offering worship and sacrifice of goats, and other animals and birds.
The place is very good for sight seeing too; it is ideal place to have the bewitching view of the Terai and Dharan bazaar.