- Hinglaj– Mountain cave near Las Bela, Baluchistan, Pakistan
- Karavira Vasini (Shree Karveer Nivasini Mahalakshmi temple) – Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India
- Sunanda/Ugratara – Uttar Shikarpur, Barisal District, Bangladesh
- Kashmira – Amarnath temple, Pahalgam, Anantnag District, Jammu&Kashmir, INDIA
- Jwalamukhi/Siddhida – Jwalamukhi, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, India
- Tripura malini – Jalandhar, Punjab, India
- Jaya Durga(Temple of Vaidyanath) – Deogarh, Deogarh District, Jarkhand, India
- Gureswari(Temple of Pashupatinath) – Khatmandu, Nepal
- Dakshaini/Manasa – Mansarovar, Tibet
- Vimala/Utkala (Temple of Jagannath) – Puri, Orissa, India
- Gandaki chandi – Muktinath, Dhawalagiri, Nepal
- Bahula – Ketugram, Bardhaman district, West Bengal, India
- Mangala Chandi(Manakaleshwar temple) – Ujjain, near Rudra Sagar, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bhavani/Chattala – Chandranath hill, Chottagram, Chittagong District, Bangladesh.
- Tripura Sundari – Radha Kishorepur, Udaipur, Tripura, India
- Trisrota/Bhramari – Shalbari, Jalpaiguri District, West Bengal, India
- Maha Kali – Neelachal hills, Kamakhya, Near Gauhati, Assam, India
- Yugadya/Bhutadhatri – Khir gram, Bardhaman District, West Bengal , India
- Kali – Kali ghat, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
- Lalita/Alopi – Near Akshay vat, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Jayanti – Kalajore Bourbhag, Jaintia pur, Sylhet district, Bangladesh
- Vimala/Kirita – Berhampur, Mushirabad District, West Bengal, India
- Visalakshi/Manikarnika – Near Annapurna temple, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Sharvani/Kanyasharma – Kumarikund, Chittagong district, Bangladesh
- Savitri/Bhadra Kali – Thanesar, Near Kurukshetra, Haryana, India
- Gayatri/Manivedika – Gayatri Hill, Pushkar, Near Ajmeer, Rajasthan, India
- Mahalakshmi/Bhramaramba – Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Kamakshi/Deva Garbha – Kanchipuram, Kanchipuram District, Tamilnadu, India
- Shaila/Shona – Amarkantak, Shahdol District, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Shivani – Sita pur, Chitrakut District, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Uma/Brindavana – Vrindavan, Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India
- Suchi/Narayani – Suchindram, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu, India
- Varahi/Pancha sagara – Narasimha Wadi, Near Sangli, Maharashtra, India
- Aparna/Karatoya tata – Bhavani pur, Sher pur thana, Bogra district, Bangladesh
- Sundari/Sri Parvata – Tripurantakam, Sri Sailam, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Kapali/Vibhasa – Tamluk, Medini pur district, West Bengal, India
- Prabhasa/Chandrabhaga – Somnath, Gujarat, India
- Avanti/Bhairava Parvata – Garh Kali, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh, India
- Bhramari/Janasthana – Nashik, Maharashtra, India
- Manikyamba/Vishwa Matrka – Draksharamam, Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Ratnavali/Kumari – Krishnanagar, Khanakul, Hugli District, West Bengal, India
- Mithila/Uma devi – Janakpur, Nepal
- Nalahati/Kali – Nalhati, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India
- Chamundeswari/Jaya Durga – Chamundi Hills, Mysore, Karnataka, India
- Mahisha Mardini – Bakreshwar, Dubrajpur, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India
- Yashora/Yashoreshwari – Maheswaripur, Daulatpur, Bangladesh
- Attahasa/Pullara – Labpur, Ahmedpur, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India
- Nandini/Nandipura – Nandikeshwari Temple, Sainthia, Birbhum District, West Bengal, India
- Sankari/Indrakshi – Thirukkoneswaran Temple, Trincomalee, Sri Lanka
- Virata/Ambika – Bairat, Near Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Magadha/Sarvanandakari – Maharaj Ganj, Patna, Bihar, India
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Shakti Peethas
Shakti sacrificed herself at her father King Daksha's yaga. Lord Shiva started dancing with her body. The world was devastated because of Shiva's anger. In order to stop this penance, Lord Vishnu cut up Shakti's body using his Sudarshan Chakra. The body parts fell all over ancient India. These places are called Shakti Peethas. Now these temples are located in India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka.
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isn't it strange that so many Shakti Piths are in Bengal?
ReplyDeleteI'm suspicious. Think the list was compiled by a Bengali only
Hi Injamaven, I had that doubt. Unfortunately there is no proper documentation about Shakti Peethas. Based on the evidences so far available, people are composing their own Shakti peethas list. There are many different list of Shakti peethas available. I took the reference of the one I thought it's close enough.
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