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Shri Hinglaj Mata temple shakti peetha is the largest Hindu pilgrimage centre in Pakistan.The annual Hinglaj Yathra is attended by more than 250,000 people.^[1]

The Shakti Pitha (Sanskrit: शक्ति पीठ, Śakti Pīṭha, seat of Shakti^[2]) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-focused Hindu tradition. There are 51 Shakti peethas by various accounts,^[3][4] of which 18 are named as Maha (major) in medieval Hindu texts.^[3]

Various legends explain how the Shakti Peetha came into existence. The most popular is based on the story of the death of the goddess Sati. Out of grief and sorrow, Shiva carried Sati's body, reminiscing about their moments as a couple, and roamed around the universe with it. Vishnu had cut her body into 51 body parts, using his Sudarshana Chakra, which fell on Earth to become sacred sites where all the people can pay homage to the Goddess. To complete this massively long task, Lord Shiva took the form of Bhairava.

Most of these historic places of goddess worship are in India, but there are seven in Bangladesh, three in Pakistan, three in Nepal, and one each in Tibet and Sri Lanka.^[4] There were many legends in ancient and modern sources that document this evidence. A consensus view on the number and location of the precise sites where Sati's corpse fell is lacking, although certain sites are more well-regarded than others.

History[]

Mention in Hindu scriptures[]

First relating to Brahmanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, it mentions 64 Shakti Peetha of Goddess Parvati in the Bharat or Greater India including present-day India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, some parts of Southern Tibet in China and parts of southern Pakistan. Another text which gives a listing of these shrines, is the Shakti Peetha Stotram, written by Adi Shankara, the 9th-century Hindu philosopher.^[5]

According to the manuscript Mahapithapurana (c. 1690–1720 CE), there are 52 such places. Among them, 23 are located in the Bengal region, 14 of these are located in what is now West Bengal, India, 1 in Baster (Chhattisgarh), while 7 are in what is now Bangladesh.

Rishi Markandeya composed the 'Devi Saptashati' or the seven hundred hymns extolling the virtues of the Divine Goddess at the shaktipeetha in Nashik. The idol is also leaning a little to the left to listen to the sage's composition. The Saptashati or the "Durga Stuti" forms an integral part in the Vedic form of Shakti worship.

The third eye of Mata Sati fell below a tree in a mortuary in the Ishan corner of Vakreshwar. This is on the bank of the north-flowing Dwarka river in the east of Baidyanath. Here Mata Sati is called Chandi Bhagwai Ugra Tara and Bhairav is called Chandrachur. This Shaktipeeth is called Tarapith in Birbhum district West bengal, India.

Shaktism legends[]

Lord Shiva carrying the corpse of Dakshayani

According to legend, Lord Brahma had performed a yagna (Vedic ritual of fire sacrifice) to please Shakti and Shiva to aid in the creation of the universe. As a result, Goddess Shakti separated from Shiva and emerged to help Brahma. Once her purpose was fulfilled, Shakti had to be returned to Shiva. In time, Brahma's son Daksha performed several yajnas to obtain Shakti as his daughter in the form of Sati, with the motive of marrying her to Shiva.

Daksha performed a yajna with a desire to take revenge on Lord Shiva. Daksha invited all the deities to the yajna, except Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati's desire to attend the yajna. She expressed her desire to Shiva, who tried his best to dissuade her from going. He relented at her continued insistence, Sati went to her father's yajna. However, Sati was not given her due respect at the yajna, and had to bear witness to Daksha's insults aimed at Shiva. Anguished, Sati cursed her father and self-immolated.

Enraged at the insult and death of his spouse, Shiva in his Virabhadra avatar destroyed Daksha's yajna and cut off his head. His anger not abated and immersed in grief, Shiva then picked up the remains of Sati's body and performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of destruction, across all creation. Frightened, the other Gods requested Vishnu to intervene to stop this destruction. As a recourse, Vishnu used the Sudarshana Chakra on Sati's corpse. This caused various parts of Sati's body to fall at several spots across the world.^[6]

The history of Daksha yajna and Sati's self-immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and influenced the culture of India. Each of the places on Earth where Sati's body parts were known to have fell were then considered as Sakti Peethas and were deemed places of great spiritual import.^{[citation needed]} Several stories in the Puranas and other Hindu religious books refer to the Daksha yajna. It is an important incident in both Shaivism and Shaktism, and marks the replacement of Sati with Parvati, and of the beginning of Shiva's house-holder (grihastāshramī) life from an ascetic. This event is ahead of the emergence of both of the couple's children, Kartikeya and Ganesha.^[7]

Shakti Pithas[]

Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava, and most Shakti and Kalabhairava in different Shakti Peeth have different names.

Goddess 51 Shakti peetam have been set up all over India. We can now see the reason for the formation of these Shakti peetam through a small collection of how it came to be. Shakthi peetam are the Shakti peetam of the temples where the body of Sati Devi, the form of Adhisakti, fell.^[8]

Map of Shakti Peethas[]

Kalika

Taratarini

Kamakhya

Vimala

Shankari

Kamakshi

Shrinkala Devi

Chamundeshwari

Jogulamba

Bhramarambha

Ambabai

Ekavirika Devi

Mahakali

Puruhutika

Biraja Devi

Manikyamba

Kamarupini

Madhaveswari/Lalita

Jwalamukhi

Sarvamangala

Vishalakshi

Sharada

Hinglaj Mata

Mahishasuramardini

Dhakeshwari

Mahamaya

Vaishnodevi

Meenakshi

Mahishmardini

Phullora

Avanti

Aparna

Chinnamasta

Gandaki Chandi

Saptashrungi

Jayanti

Jeshoreshwari

Dakshayani

Tripura Sundari

Tripuramalini

Chandrabhaga

Devgarbha

Kanya Kumari

Uma

Nagapooshani

Mahashira

Bhawani

Varahi

Bhadrakali

Shivani

Danteshwari

Chandika

Amba

Shyamala Devi

Naina Devi

Nandini

Rakini/Visveshwari

Narayani

Sugandha

Jaya Durga

Katyayani

Ambika

Shaila/Shona

Bhadrakali

Sari

Shakti names at locations of Shakti Peethas

Blue: Adi Shakti Peethas; Red: Astadasha Maha Shakti Peethas; Yellow: Daksha yagna site;

Green: Maha Shakti Peethas

List of 4 Ādī Śaktī Pīṭhas in Puranas[]

Some of the great religious texts like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana, the AstaShakti, and Pithanirnaya Tantra recognize four major sakti Peethas (centers),

1. Bimala Temple (Pada Khanda) inside the Jagannath Temple of Puri, Odisha
2. Tara Tarini (Sthana Khanda), near Berhampur, Odisha
3. Kamakhya Temple (Yoni Khanda), in Guwahati, Assam; and
4. Dakshina Kalika (Mukha Khanda) in Kolkata, West Bengal,

which represent respectively the parts (Khandas) foot (Pada), breasts (Stana), genitals (Yoni), and face (Mukha) of the body of Maata Sati.

The Ashtashakti and Kalika Purana says (in Sanskrit):

"Bimala Pada khandancha,

Stana khandancha Tarini (Tara Tarini),

Kamakhya Yoni khandancha,

Mukha khandancha Kalika (Dakshina Kalika)

Anga pratyanga sanghena

Vishnu Chakra Kshyta nacha"

Further explaining the importance of these four Pithas, the "Brihat Samhita" also gives the location of these Pithas as (in Sanskrit)

"Rushikulya* Tatae Devi,

Tarakashya Mahagiri,

Tashya Srunga Stitha Tara

Vasishta Rajitapara" (Rushikulya is a holy river flowing on the foothill of the Tara Tarini Hill Shrine).

Apart from these 4 there are 48 other famous Peethas recognized by religious texts. According to the Pithanirnaya Tantra the 51 peethas are scattered all over present day countries of India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Tibet, Bhutan and Pakistan. The Shivacharita besides listing 51 maha-peethas, speaks about 26 more upa-peethas. The Bengali almanac, Vishuddha Siddhanta Panjika too describes the 51 peethas including the present modified addresses. A few of the several accepted listings are given below.^[9] One of the few in South India, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh became the site for a 2nd-century temple.^[10]

List of 18 Maha Śaktī Pīṭhas in Aṣṭhādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram[]

Aṣṭhādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram[]

The list[]

The modern cities or towns that correspond to these 64 locations can be a matter of dispute, but there are a few that are totally unambiguous, these are mentioned in the Ashta Dasa Shakti Peetha Stotram.^[11] This contains 18 such locations which are often referred to as Most Popular Shakti Peeths.

Among these, the Shakti Peethas at Kamakhya, Gaya and Ujjain are regarded as the most sacred as they symbolise the three most important aspects of the Mother Goddess viz. Creation (Kamarupa Devi), Nourishment (Sarvamangala Devi/Mangalagauri) and Annihilation (Mahakali Devi).

Sharadha Peet is currently in ruined state.^[12] Only ruins are found in these places. Its ruins are near the Line of Control (LOC)^[13] between the Indian and Pakistani-controlled portions of the former princely state of Kashmir and Jammu. Instead, Sringeri Sharada Peetham, Sringeri in Karnataka even though not a Shakti Peetha, is this aspect of the goddess. Requests have been made by the Hindu community in Pakistan to the Pakistani government to renovate the temple, the issue being raised by former Indian Home minister L. K. Advani to the Pakistan authorities^[14] as a confidence-building measure, by increasing the people to people cross-border interaction.^[13]

Sr. No.	Temple	Place	State in India/Country	Appellation	Part of the body fallen	Shakti	Image
1	Shankari Temple (part of the Koneswaram Temple)	Trincomalee	Triconmalee, Sri Lanka	Lankayam Shankari Peetham	Heart	Shankari
2	Kamakshi Amman Temple	Kanchipuram	Tamil Nadu	Kama koti peetham	Navel	Kamakshi Amman
3	Shrinkala	Pradmunyee (Pandua)	Bengal	Bhavatārini Peetham	Part of stomach	Maa Shrinkala
4	Chamundeshwari Temple	Mysuru	Karnataka	Krouncha Peetham	Hair	Chamundeshwari
5	Jogulamba Devi	Alampur, Gadwal district	Telangana	Yogini Peetham	Teeth	Jogulamba Thalli (Yogamba)
6	Bhramaramba Mallikarjuna Temple	Srisailam	Andhra Pradesh	Srisaila Peetham	Neck	Maa Bhramarambika
7	Mahalakshmi Temple, Kolhapur	Kolhapur	Maharashtra	Shri Peetham	Eye	Aai Ambabai
8	Eka Veerika Temple	Mahur, Maharashtra	Maharashtra	Moola Peetham	Left hand	Eka Veerika
9	Shakambhari	Saharanpur	Uttar Pradesh	Shakambhari Peetham	Head	Shakumbhari devi
10	Kukkuteswara Swamy Temple	Pithapuram	Andhra Pradesh	Pushkarini Peetham	Back	Maa Puruhutika
11	Biraja Temple	Jajpur	Odisha	Oddyana Peetham	Navel	Maa Biraja
12	Bhimeswara Temple	Draksharamam	Andhra Pradesh	Daksharama Peetham	Left cheek	Maa Manikyamba
13	Kamakhya Temple	Guwahati	Assam	Kamarupa Peetham	Womb	Devi Kamakhya
14	Alopi Devi Mandir	Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Prayaga Peetham	Fingers	Maa Madhaveswari
15.	Jwalamukhi Temple	Kangra	Himachal Pradesh	Jwalamukhi Peetham	Head	Maa Jwalamukhi
16.	Mangla Gauri Temple	Gaya	Bihar	Gaya Peetham	Breast	Maa Sarvamangala
17.	Vishalakshi Temple	Varanasi	Uttar Pradesh	Varanasi Peetham	Noses	Maa Vishalakshi
18.	Sharada Peeth	Sharda, Kashmir	Pakistan Administered Kashmir	Sharada Peetham	Right hand	Maa Sharada Devi

List of 18 Shakti Peethas in Skanda Purana[]

As per Sankara Samhita of Sri Skanda Purana,^[15]

1. Sri Sankari Peetham (at Lanka)
2. Sri Simhika Peetham (at Simhala)
3. Sri Manika Peetham (at Dakshavati)
4. Sri Sudkala Peetham (At Petapur)
5. Sri Bhramaramba Peetham (Srisailam)
6. Sri Vijaya Peetham (Vijayapura)
7. Sri Mahalakshmi Peetham (Kolhapuri)
8. Sri Kamakshi Peetham ( Kanchipuram)
9. Sri Kuchananda Peetham (Salagrama)
10. Sri Biraja Peetham (Odisha, Jajpur)
11. Sri Bhadreswari Peetham (Harmyagiri)
12. Sri Mahakali Peetham (Ujjayini)
13. Sri Vindhyavasini Peetham (The Vindhya mountains)
14. Sri Mahayogi Peetham (Ahicchatra)
15. Sri Kanyaka Peetham (Kanya Kubja)
16. Sri Visalakshi Peetham ( Kashi)
17. Sri Saraswati Peetham (Kashmira)
18. Sri Abhirami Peetham (Padmagiri, Dindigul)
19. Sri Sarala peetham (Odisha)

List of 51 Shakti Peethas[]

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In the listings^[16] below:

• "Shakti" refers to the Goddess worshipped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani, Sati; later known as Parvati or Durga;
• "Bhairava" refers to the corresponding consort, each a manifestation of Shiva;
• "Body Part or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewellery that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built.

The details of this is available in the text 'Tantrachūḍamanī' where Parvathi tells these details to her son Skanda.

Sr. No.	Place	State in India/Country	Body part or ornament	Shakti	Bhairava	Image
1	A. Amarnath Temple, from Srinagar through Pahalgam 94 km by Bus, 16 km by walk B. Shri Parvat in Ladakh	Jammu and Kashmir	A. Throat B. Anklet	Mahamaya	Trisandhyeshwar
2	Attahas Temple – At a village also named as Attahas or Ashtahas around 2 km east of Labhpur village road in the district of Birbhum	West Bengal	Lips	Phullara	Vishvesh
3	Bahula at Ketugram, 8 km from Katwa, Purba Bardhaman	West Bengal	Left arm	Goddess Bahula	Bhiruk
4	Bakreshwar, on the banks of river, 24 km distance from Siuri Town [a district headquarter], district Birbhum, 7 km from Dubrajpur Rly. Station	West Bengal	Portion between the eyebrows	Mahishmardini	Vakranath
5	, also known as Harsiddhi, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river in the city of Ujjaini.	Madhya Pradesh	Elbow	Avanti	Lambkarna
6	Bhabanipur, located in the Upazila of Sherpur, Bogra, Rajshahi Division. Also located at Karatoyatat, it is about 28 km distance from the town of Sherpur.	Bangladesh	Left anklet (ornament)	Aparna	Vaman
7	Biraja Temple at Jajpur, in Jajpur District	Odisha	Navel	Biraja	Varaha (Baraha)
8	Chhinnamastika Shaktipeeth at Chintpurni, in Una District of Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh	Foot	Chhinnamastika	Rudra Mahadev
9	Muktinath Temple[17]	Nepal	Right cheek	Gandaki Chandi	Chakrapani
10	Goddess Bhadrakali on banks of Godavari in Nashik city (Saptashrungi)	Maharashtra	Chin (2 parts)	Bhadrakali	Vikritaksh
11	Hinglaj Mata Temple	Pakistan	Bramharandhra (Part of the head)	Kottari	Bhimlochan
12	Jayanti at Nartiang village in the Jaintia Hills district. This Shakti Peetha is locally known as the Nartiang Durga Temple.	Meghalaya	Left thigh	Jayanti	Kramadishwar
13	Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple	Bangladesh	Palms of hands and soles of the feet	Jashoreshwari	Chanda
14	Jwalaji, Kangra from Pathankot alight at Jwalamukhi Road Station from there 20 km	Himachal Pradesh	Tongue	Siddhida (Ambika)	Unmatta Bhairav
15	Kalipeeth, (Kalighat, Kolkata)	West Bengal	Right toes	Kalika	Nakuleshwar
16	Kamgiri, Kamakhya, in the Neelachal hills in Guwahati	Assam	Womb	Kamakhya	Umananda or Bhayaanand
17	Kankalitala, on the banks of Kopai River 10 km north-east of Bolpur station in Birbhum district, Devi locally known as Kankaleshwari	West Bengal	Pelvis	Devgarbha	Ruru
18	A. Kanyashram of Balaambika – The Bhagavathy temple in Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of mainland India, Tamil Nadu B. (also thought to be situated in Yunnan province, China) C. Gourikunda Temple	A. Tamil Nadu B. Yunnan, China C. Sitakunda, Chattogram, Bangladesh	Back	Sarvani	Nimish
19	Bajreshwari Temple, Nagarkot, district Kangra	Himachal Pradesh	left Breast	Jayadurga	Abhiru
20	Kiriteswari Temple at Kiritkona village, 3 km from Lalbag Court Road railway station in Murshidabad district	West Bengal	Crown	Vimla	Sanwart
21	Ratnavali, on the banks of river at Khanakul I Krishnanagar, district Hooghly (locally known as Anandamayee Tala)	West Bengal	Right Shoulder	Kumari	Ghanteshwar
22	'A.Locally known as Bhramari Devi in Jalpaiguri near a small village Boda on the bank of river Teesta or Tri-shrota (combination of three flows) mentioned in Puranas B.Ma Malai Chandi Temple at Amta, Howrah	West Bengal	A. Left leg B. Part of Left Knee	Bhraamari	Ambar
23	Manas, under Tibet at the foot of Mount Kailash in Lake Manasarovar, a piece of Stone	China	Right hand	Dakshayani	Amar
24	, at Gayatri hills near Pushkar 11 km north-west of Ajmer. People know this temple as Chamunda Mata Temple or Shri Raj Rajeshwari Puruhuta Manivedic Shaktipeeth.	Rajasthan	Wrists	Gayatri	Sarvanand
25	Mithila, near Janakpur railway station on the border of India and Nepal	Nepal	Left shoulder	Uma	Mahodar
26	Nainativu (Manipallavam), Northern Province, Sri Lanka. Located 36 km from the ancient capital of the Jaffna kingdom, Nallur. The murti of the Goddess is believed to have been consecrated and worshipped by Lord Indra. The protagonist, Lord Rama and antagonist, Ravana of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana have offered obeisances to the Goddess. Nāga and Garuda of the Sanskrit epic Mahabharata; resolved their longstanding feuds after worshipping this Goddess.	Sri Lanka	Silambu (Anklets)	Indrakshi (Nagapooshani / Bhuvaneswari)	Rakshaseshwar (Nayanair)
27	Guhyeshwari Temple	Nepal	Both knees	Mahashira	Kapali
28	Chandranath Temple	Bangladesh	Right arm	Bhavani	Chandrashekhar
29	Near Lohaghat (in Champawat District of Uttarakhand) just 12 km from nearest railway station Tanakpur. पूर्णागिरी Champawat Varahi Devi	Uttarakhand	Lower teeth/ Navel	Varahi	Maharudra
30	Prabhas, 4 km from Veraval station near Somnath temple in Junagadh district. Local People call this temple as Kali Mandir, It is nearby Triveni Sangam.[18]	Gujarat	Stomach	Chandrabhaga	Vakratund
31	Alopi Devi Mandir near Sangam at Prayagraj	Uttar Pradesh	Finger	Lalita	Bhava
32	Present day Kurukshetra town or Thanesar ancient Sthaneshwar	Haryana	Ankle bone	Savitri/BhadraKali	Sthanu
33	Sharda Peeth on top Trikoot Hill, at Maihar	Madhya Pradesh	necklace[19]	Shivani	Chanda
34	Nandikeshwari Temple is located in Sainthia city.	West Bengal	Necklace	Nandini	Nandikeshwar
35	Kotilingeswar Ghat temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry	Andhra Pradesh	Cheeks	Rakini or Vishweshwari	Vatsnabh or Dandpani
36	Naina Devi Temple	Himachal Pradesh	Right eye	Mahishmardini	Krodhish
37	Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada River in Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	Right buttock	Narmada	Bhadrasen
38	Sri Sailam, at Nallamala hills, Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh, India	Neck	Bramarambika	Mallikarjuna
39	Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Suchindrum 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road	Tamil Nadu	Upper teeth	Narayani	Sanhar
40	Sugandha, situated in Shikarpur, Gournadi, about 20 km from Barisal town, on the banks of Sonda river.8	Bangladesh	Nose	Sugandha	Trayambak
41	Udaipur, Tripura, at the top of the hills known as Tripura Sundari temple near Radhakishorepur village, a little distance away from Udaipur town	Tripura	Right leg	Tripura Sundari	Tripuresh
42	Ujaani, at Mangalkot 16 km from Guskara station in Purba Bardhaman district	West Bengal	Right wrist	Mangal Chandika	Kapilambar
43	Varanasi at Manikarnika Ghat on banks of the Ganges at Kashi	Uttar Pradesh	Face or Earring	Vishalakshi & Manikarni	Kaal bhairav
44	Bargabhima temple, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur	West Bengal	Left ankle	Kapalini (Bhimarupa) also known as Bargabhima	Sarvanand
45	Virat Nagar district, Alwar, near Bharatpur, India,	Rajasthan	Fingers of Left Leg	Ambika	Amritaksha
46	Katyayani Shaktipeeth, Vrindavan, district Mathura	Uttar Pradesh	Ringlets of hair	Uma	Bhutesh
47	Devi Talab Mandir, District Jalandhar	Punjab	Left Breast	Tripurmalini	Bhishan
48	Baidyanath Dham	Jharkhand	Heart	Jaya Durga	Baidyanath
49	behind Kamakshi Amman Temple, situated at Kanchipuram Town, Kanchipuram District	Tamil Nadu	Odyanam (Navel)	Kamakshi	Egaambraswara
50	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা), at Kshirgram (ক্ষীরগ্রাম) near Kaichar under Burdwan district	West Bengal	Great toe	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা)	Ksheer Kantak (ক্ষীর কন্টক)
51	Pithapuram under Kakinada Port Town	Andhra Pradesh	Hip part	Purohotika	Durvasa
52	Ambaji at	Gujarat	Heart	Amba	Batuk Bhairav
53	Jwaladevi Temple, Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra	Uttar Pradesh	Tongue	Jwala Devi	Rudra
54	Chandika Sthan, near Munger town	Bihar	Left eye	Chandika Devi	Chandala
55	Danteshwari Temple, Dantewada	Chhattisgarh	Tooth or daant	Danteshwari devi	Kapalbhairav
56	Juranpur, Nadia	West Bengal
57	Tara Tarini, Berhampur, Ganjam	Odisha	Breast/Sthan	Maa Taratarini	Tumbeswar
58	, Nalhati	West Bengal	Stomach/Nauli	Kalika	Jogesh
59	Mankachar, 266 km from Guwahati	Assam	Little finger	Devi	Deva
60	Vimala Temple, Inside Jagannath Temple, Puri	Odisha	Foot	Vimala	Jagannath
61	, inside Marundeeswarar Temple on Mount Rudragiri in Aadhi Kanchi, Thirukachoor, Chengalpattu District	Tamil Nadu	Skin	Anjanakshi	Marundeeswarar (Oushadheeshwar)
62	Jayanti maha Shakti peeth	Jayanti, Alipurduar, West bengal	Left Shank	Jayanti	Kramadishwar
63	Shri Hatta Kali Temple, Shri Shail (also known as Mahalakshmi Griva Peeth)	Gotatikar, Kalagul tea state, Dakshin Surma Upazila, Sylhet, Bangladesh	Neck	Mahalakshmi	Sambaranand
64	Dhakeshwari Temple (now relocated at Dhakeswari Mata Temple)	Dhaka, Bangladesh	Gem of Sati's Crown	Dhakeshwari (a form of Katyani Mahishasurmardini Durga)	Shiva
65	Tarapith Rampurhat	West Bengal	Third eye	Maa Tara (second mahavidya) (main form of Parvati)	Chandrachur bhairav		66		Uttar Pradesh	heart	Maa lalta devi mandir (goddess heart) (main heart form of Parvati)	Lalita/laltaa mata

Other claimed Shakti Peethas[]

These are not recognised as the Shakti Peethas, but still claimed by the followers, for various reasons.

Jayanti Kali Temple[]

Jayanti Kali Temple: There are disputes about the position of this peetha. Based on most presented manuscripts and facts it is situated in Bangladesh. However, some people^[20] argues the actual peetha is at Amta in West Bengal, where the Devi is worshiped as Maa Melai Chandi in Melai Chandi Mandir. But this fact can not be corroborated with any evidences. Moreover, refuting most text, in Melai Chandi Mandir the Bhairava is Durgeshwar rather than Kramadishwar. Some also relates Jayanti Devi with the Mahakal cave temple situated in the village Jayanti of Alipurduar,^[21][22] where many status were created by Stalagmite and Stalactite (combination of limes with water), but strong historical support is also absent here.

Vindhyavasini Shakti Peetha[]

The Vindhyavasini Shakti Peetha is considered a Shakti Peetha despite the fact that any body parts of Sati did not fall there. This is because it is the place where Devi chose to reside after her birth in Dvapara Yuga.^[23] At the time of birth of Lord Krishna to Devaki and Vasudeva, the Yogamaya(Devi) took birth in Gokul to Nanda Baba and Yashoda as per instruction of Lord Vishnu.The Vasudeva replaced his son Krishna with this girl child of Yashoda. When Kansa tried to kill the girl she slipped from his hands and assumed the form of Mahadevi Adishakti. Thereafter Devi chose Vindhya Mountains as her abode to live on the earth.^[24]

See also[]

• Hindu pilgrimage (yatra)
• Hindu pilgrimage sites
• List of Hindu temples
• List of Mansa Devi temples
• List of Shakti peeth in Bengal

Further reading[]

• Dineschandra Sircar (1998). The Śākta Pīṭhas. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-0879-9.

References[]

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