Kichakeshwari Temple, Hindu temple in Khiching, Mayurbhanj district, India

Kichakeshwari Temple is a Hindu temple in Khiching, in the Mayurbhanj district of Odisha, built from black chlorite stone. The structure rises in multiple tiers and its outer walls are covered with stone carvings depicting deities and mythological scenes.

The original temple dates to the 7th or 8th century, built under the Bhanja rulers whose capital was at Khiching. The Odia Wikipedia gives a construction window of 920–926 CE. After vandalism left it in bad shape, Maharaja Pratap Chandra Bhanj Deo began reconstruction in 1934, finishing in 1942; about 60 percent of the stone came from the old temple and 40 percent from quarries near Kesana and Adipura.

Kichakeshwari is the family goddess of the Mayurbhanj ruling chiefs and was the state deity of the Bhanja dynasty. The shrine holds a ten-armed Chamunda-Kali image with a garland of skulls, seated on a corpse. The temple opens from 5 a.m. to 10 p.m. and closes between noon and 3 p.m.

The temple opens at 5 a.m. and closes at 10 p.m., but it shuts between noon and 3 p.m. It stands in Khiching, about 150 km from Baripada and 205 km from Balasore. The Khiching Museum, with finds from the 1908 excavations, is inside the temple compound.

The goddess is shown wearing a garland made of skulls, which connects her to the iconography of Kali but represents a regional form that developed independently in this area. This depiction sets the temple apart from many other shrines across Odisha.