It is widely believed that during ancient times, people travelling through the dense forest used to worship at the Rankini Devi temple for their protection and well being.

Mata Rankini used to reside in the Kapadgadi valley situated next to the drain passing below the main temple.

It is said that Goddess Rankini came in a dream to a person named Dinbandhu Singh and told about herself being in the form of a stone.

From that day onwards, Dinbandhu Singh started worshipping in that rock with vermilion and a colored cloth.

A few years after that, the mother gave a divine dream to Dinbandhu and asked him to establish a place where the general public could also reach and worship Mata Rankini.

[4][5] Following the orders of the mother, Dinbandhu established a Sheela (stone) as the murthi (idol) of the Goddess where temple of Maa Rankini is located.

According to the legends, the temple had witnessed the human sacrifices (narabali) in the past, until about 1865, when this was eventually stopped by the British.

[citation needed] Located on the Hata-Jadugora state highway, the temple is in the Rohinibera village of Bansila Gram Panchayat in Potka block.