Legend says that these goddesses emanated from the body of devi Durga while killing Nishumbha and Shumbha.
Saptamatrikas are namely: Brahmani, Vaishnavi, Shivaduti or Indrani, Narasimhi, Chamunda, Kaumari and Varahi.
During the rule of Kala Chand in Murshidabad their armies came to destroy the Hindu temples in around Jajpur, then the Brahmins have hidden the images of Saptamatrikas in a tunnel near Baitarani River.
The renovated temple of Saptamatrikas lie on the south bank of Baitarani River in Jajpur.
People take a holy dip in Chaitra month during the Krishna paksha Chaturdasi with Shatabhisha nakshatra here.