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Adi Shankara's Ashtadasha Shakta pitha Stotram mentions 18 locations known as the Maha Shakta pithas. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Among these, the Shakta pithas at Kamakhya , Gaya and Ujjain are regarded as the most sacred as they symbolize the three most important aspects of the Mother Goddess viz. Creation (Kamarupa Devi), Nourishment (Sarvamangala Devi ...
Chandranath Temple (Bengali: চন্দ্রনাথ মন্দির or Chandronath mondir), located on top of the Chandranath Hill, is a famous Shakta pitha located near Chittagong in Bangladesh where, as per Hindu sacred texts, the right arm of Deiti Sati fell. Chandranath Temple is a pilgrimage site for Hindus.
The temple houses the Chintpurni Shakta pitha (Chhinnamastika Shakta pitha). [1] The legend behind the Shakta pitha is part of the Shaktism tradition which tells the story of the self-immolation of the goddess Sati. Vishnu had to cut her body into 51 body parts, which fell on Earth and became sacred sites.
In Goddess-oriented worship, Vimala (Bimala) is regarded as the presiding goddess of the Purushottama (Puri) Shakta pitha. [2] Jagannath, a form of the god Vishnu/Krishna (Krishna is generally regarded as an avatar of Vishnu), is worshipped as the Pitha's Bhairava. This is a departure from the usual tradition of Bhairava as a form of Shiva.
The temple is considered as a Shakta pitha because of the mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation. [9] Shakta pithas are Durga or Adiparashakti shrines that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered. There are 51 ...
This category contains the Shakta pithas (holy places of cosmic power) located in the Indian subcontinent. Subcategories This category has only the following subcategory.
The Temple at Kalighat is revered as an important Shakta pitha, by the Shaktism sect of Hinduism. The mythology of Daksha yajna and Sati's self immolation is the story behind the origin of Shakti Peethas.
Shakta pithas (1 C, 56 P) Shakti temples in Bihar (3 P) Pages in category "Shakti temples" The following 106 pages are in this category, out of 106 total.