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Another text which gives a listing of these shrines, is the Shakta Pitha Stotram, written by Adi Shankara, the 9th-century Hindu philosopher. [7] According to the manuscript Mahapithapurana (c. 1690–1720 CE), there are 52 such places.
The 18th-century Shakta bhakti poems and songs were composed by two Bengal court poets, Bharatchandra Ray and Ramprasad Sen, [27] and the Tamil collection Abhirami Anthadhi was composed by Abhirami Bhattar. [28]
The Mahalaxmi (also known as Ambabai) Temple situated in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India, is one of the 18 Maha Shakti Peethas listed in skanda puran, and one of 52 Shaktipeeths according to various Puranas of Hinduism. According to these writings, a Shakti Peetha is a place associated with Shakti, the Goddess of power.
Kamakhya (Sanskrit: कामाख्या, romanized: Kāmākhyā), a mother goddess, [1] is a Shakta Tantric deity; considered to be the embodiment of Kama (desire), she is regarded as the goddess of desire. [2] Her abode–Kamakhya Temple is located in the Kamarupa region of Assam, India.
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.
The temple has been mentioned in Durga Saptashati. It is written that the goddess Durga was born from the womb of Yashoda on the same night as Krishna was born. When Kansa (King of Mathura) tried killing the baby by smashing her body to a stone, she miraculously went away from his grip and turned into the divine form of the goddess.
Finally, Vishnu dismembered her body into 51 parts, each of which fell on different places on the earth, each creating a Shakta pitha. [7] The list of Shakta pithas differ in various religious texts. Many mention Vimala or Jagannath temple complex as a Shakta pitha, and calls the location by various names.