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| | Temples And Legends Of Himachal Pradesh - Chamba ( Page 23) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18) |
 | | Its predecessor Balaur, ancient Vallapura, is not known before the high middle ages, and even the temple of Malla Devi (an aspect of the Sarada Devi of Kashmir) at Sukral, the great centre of pilgrimage in the former Basohli State, is of the Muslim period. |
 | | The only old Kali temple there is not at Balaur, but at Babor (ancient Babba-pura) between Jammu and Ramnagar- Bandh- ralta, which, however, is not earlier than the late ninth or early tenth century. |
 | | Moreover, Bhadrakali is venerated in more places in the Punjab Himalaya, and is, in her turn, identified with Jvalamukhi or Jalpadevi, the great goddess of theKangra Valley. |
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