Budhi Thakurani is considered as the istadevi of Silk City of Berhampur. As a child feels safe and secure in her mother’s lap, the inhabitants of Berhampur always have a secure felling under the blessings of Maa Budhi Thakurani. Therefore, the people of the city worship the deity with great reverence, devotion, love and affection and have strong belief on the Goddess as their guard wall.

Thakurani temple is situated in Old Berhampur. A large number of devotees visit the temple and worship to the deity inside the shrines is a piece of stone cut in crude fashion and smeared with sindoor.

Originally the Goddess was worshipped by the Dear people, a weaver community of Rajmuhendry on their set up at Berhampur in its early days. The temple presents a unique feature of close association between low caste people and main stream of Hinduism.Here,the priests are barber by caste where as devotees come from different castes.

Berhampur Thakurani is famous for its two year gaped yatra, is the festive scenario of Odisha. It is popularly known as Ghata yatra. Thakurani Yatra, it is the chief festival of Berhampur city and the southern Orissa as well. The month long festival is celebrated with a great pomp as the home coming of the Goddess in alternative years during in the month of Chaitra (March/April). The followed customs of focuses that the Goddess is conceived as a daughter given away in marriage, visits her father’s house in every two years. Her presence at home is celebrated as the festival period.

During these days the town gets festive look and colorful. The chief attraction during the festival are the giant images of different goddess and mythological figures displayed in decorated pendals called Rathas, folk dance rated forms and the caricaturing of different aspects called veshas.