51 Shakti peethas

51 Shakti peethas

51 Shakti Peeths are very important and ancient Hindu religious pilgrims. The story of formation of these shakti peeths comes in Purans as

Devi Parvati in her last birth as the daughter of Daksha was married to Lord shiva. Once her father daksha was promoted to head of Prajapati by lord Brahaman ( his father). He got too much pride and hosted a Yagya, in which he didn’t invite his daughter Sati and Lord Shiva as he was having grievences with Lord Shiva. When Sati saw the Planes going in the sky she asked her husband Lord Shiva about the planes. Lord Shiva told her all the story.

She became very happy and sought his permission to attend the yagya. Lord shiva refused and said, “He has not invited us; so we must not go. Although we can go to our parents home with out invitation,yet if some one has rivalery or grievences with us , we must not go there.

Sati was not satisfied with all this and was adamond to go there. Seeing her so much interest Lord Shiva allowed her to go and sent her ganas with her.

When Sati reached there she saw that there is no part of lord shiva in the Yagya and she was greeted by anyone except mother. Her sisters met her very tauntingly laughing. She felt very much insulted not seeing the part of Lord shiva in the Yagya and left her Prana (died by Yoga). The ganas of Lord Shiva started destroying the yagya. The purodha of the yagya Rishi Bhirigu saved the yagya by creating Kritika, and kritika shunted out all the ganas of lord Shiva and they went to lord shiva and told him the whole story.

Lord Shiva became very violent and took his Mahakal posture. He destroyed the whole Yagya and slaughtered the head of Daksha. But his anger was not still pacified. He lifted the dead body of Devi Parvati on his shoulder and started Tandav.

The whole of the world became terrified and all the gods went to Lord Vishnu and sought his help. Vishnu went there and he was also not able to pacify Lord Shiva. He then ordered His Chakra and chakra started chopping the parts of the dead body of Sati one by one.

When nothing was left on the shoulder of Lord Shiva he was also pacified. There were 51 parts in total made of the dead body and the places where these parts of body fell are recognized as the Shakti Peeths.

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• "Shakti" refers to the Goddess worshipped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani, 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.

Sr. No.	Place	Body Part or Ornament	Shakti	Bhairava
1	Kanchipuram, Kamakshi temple, Kamakoti Peetam mentioned in Lalita Sahasram, Trishati, Astothram etc.	Ottiyana (Ornament covering stomach)	Kamakshi	Kaal Bhairav
2	Sri Lanka, in Nainativu, Jaffna	Anklets	Indrakshi (more commonly known as Nagapooshani in Tamil)	Rakshaseshwar (Nagathambiran)
3	Shivaharkaray, a little distance from Sukkur Station from Karachi, Pakistan	Eyes	Mahishmardini	Krodhish
4	Sugandha, situated in Shikarpur, Gournadi, about 20 km from Barisal town, Bangladesh, on the banks of Sonda river.	Nose	Sugandha	Trayambak
5	Amarnath in Kashmir, India from Srinagar through Pahalgam 94 km by Bus, Chandanwari 16 km by walk	Throat	Mahamaya	Trisandhyeshwar
6	Jwalamukhi, Kangra, India from Pathankot alight at Jwalamukhi Road Station from there 20 km	Tongue	Siddhida (Ambika)	Unmatta Bhairav
7	Ambaji, at Anart, Gujarat, India	Heart	Ambaji
8	Nepal, near Pashupatinath Temple at Guhyeshwari Temple	Both knees	Mahashira	Kapali
9	Manas, under Tibet at the foot of Mount Kailash in Lake Mansarovar, a piece of Stone	Right hand	Dakshayani	Amar
10	Bardhaman in West Bengal, India	Navel	Mata Sarbamangala Devi	Bhagwan Shiv/Mahadev
11	Gandaki in Pokhara, Nepal about 125 km on the banks of Gandaki river where Muktinath temple is situated	Temple	Gandaki Chandi	Chakrapani
12	Bahula, on the banks of Ajay river at Ketugram, 8 km from Katwa, Burdwan, West Bengal, India	Left arm	Goddess Bahula	Bhiruk
13	Ujaani, 16 km from Guskara station under Burdwan district of West Bengal, India	Right wrist	Mangal Chandika	Kapilambar
14	Udaipur, Tripura, at the top of the hills known as Tripura Sundari temple near Radhakishorepur village, a little distance away from Udaipur town of Tripura, India	Right leg	Tripura Sundari	Tripuresh
15	On Chandranath hill near Sitakunda station of Chittagong District, Bangladesh. The famous Chandranath Temple on the top of the hill is the Bhairav temple of this Shakti Peetha, not the Shakti Peeth itself.	Right arm	Bhawani	Chandrashekhar
16	Locally known as Bhramari Devi. Behind a rice mill, near Jalpesh Temple in Jalpaiguri, West Bengal, India.	Left leg	Bhraamari	Ambar
17	Kamgiri, Kamakhya, in the Neelachal hills near Guwahati, capital of Assam, India	Genitals	Kamakhya	Umanand
18	yoga adya at Khirgram under Burdwan district, West Bengal, India	Big Toe (Right)	Jugaadya	Ksheer Khandak
19	Kalipeeth, (Kalighat, Kolkata), India	Right Toes	Kalika	Nakuleshwar
20	Prayag near Sangam at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India	Finger	Alopi Devi Mandir or Madhaveswari	Bhava
21	Jayanti at Kalajore Baurbhag village of Falzur Pargana under Jayantia Thana of Sylhet district, Bangladesh. This Shakti Peetha is locally known as Falizur Kalibari.	Left thigh	Jayanti	Kramadishwar
22	Kireet at Kireetkona village, 3 km from Lalbag Court Road station under district Murshidabad, West Bengal, India	Crown	Vimla	Sanwart
23	Varanasi at Manikarnika Ghat on banks of the Ganges at Kashi, Uttar Pradesh, India	Earring	Vishalakshi & Manikarni	Kalbhairav
24	Kanyashram, Kanyakumari the Bhadrakali temple within the precincts of Kumari temple, Tamil Nadu, India (also thought to be situated in Chittagong, Bangladesh)	Back	Sarvani	Nimish
25	Present day Kurukshetra town or Thanesar ancient Sthaneshwar, at Haryana, India	Ankle bone	Savitri	Sthanu
26	Manibandh, at Gayatri hills near Pushkar 11 km north-west of Ajmer, Rajasthan, India	Two Bracelets	Gayatri	Sarvanand
27	Shri Shail, at Joinpur village, Dakshin Surma, near Gotatikar, 3 km north-east of Sylhet town, Bangladesh	Neck	Mahalaxmi	Sambaranand
28	Kankalitala, on the banks of Kopai River 10 km north-east of Bolpur station in Birbhum district, Devi locally known as Kankaleshwari West Bengal, India	Bone	Devgarbha	Ruru
29	Kalmadhav on the banks of Shon river in a cave over hills near to Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India	Left buttock	Kali	Asitang
30	Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada River in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh, India	Right buttock	Narmada	Bhadrasen
31	Ramgiri, at Chitrakuta on the Jhansi Manikpur railway line in Uttar Pradesh, India	Right breast	Shivani	Chanda
32	Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple, Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh, India http://www.katyayanipeeth.org.in/	Ringlets of hair	Uma	Bhutesh
33	Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Suchindrum 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road, Tamil Nadu, India	Upper teeth	Narayani	Sanhar
34	Panchsagar exact location not known (thought to be near Haridwar)	Bottom teeth	Varahi	Maharudra
35	Bhabanipur union, at Karatoyatat, 28 km distance from interior Sherpur upazila, Bogra District, Bangladesh	Left anklet (ornament)	Arpana	Vaman
36	Shri Parvat, near Ladak, Kashmir, India. Another belief: at Srisailam in Shriparvat hills under Kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh, India	Right anklet (ornament)	Shrisundari	Sundaranand
37	Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur, West Bengal, India	Left ankle	Kapalini (Bhimarupa)	Sarvanand
38	Prabhas, 4 km from Veraval station near Somnath temple in Junagadh district of Gujarat, India	Stomach	Chandrabhaga	Vakratund
39	Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river a little distance from Ujjaini town, Madhya Pradesh, India	Upper lips	Avanti	Lambkarna
40	Goddess Saptashrungi (Goddess with seven arms), at Vani in Nasik, Maharashtra, India	Chin (2 parts)	Bhramari	Vikritaksh
41	Sarvashail or Godavaritir, at Kotilingeswar temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India	Cheeks	Rakini or Vishweshwari	Vatsnabh or Dandpani
42	Birat, near Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India	Left toes	Ambika	Amriteshwar
43	Locally known as Anandamayee Temple. Ratnavali, on the banks of Ratnakar river at Khanakul-Krishnanagar, district Hooghly, West Bengal, India	Right Shoulder	Kumari	Shiva
44	Mithila, near Janakpur railway station on the border of India and Nepal	Left shoulder	Uma	Mahodar
45	Nalhati, known as "Nalateshwari Temple" near Nalhati station of Birbhum district, West Bengal, India	Vocal chord with part of the tracheae	Kalika Devi	Yogesh
46	Karnat, Kangra, himachalpradesh.	Both ears	Jayadurga	Abhiru
47	Bakreshwar, on the banks of Paaphara river, 24 km distance from Siuri Town, district Birbhum, 7 km from Dubrajpur Rly. Station West Bengal, India	Portion between the eyebrows	Mahishmardini	Vakranath
48	Jessoreswari, situated at Ishwaripur, Shyamnagar, district Satkhira, Bangladesh. The temple complex was built by Maharaja Pratapaditya, whose capital was Ishwaripur.	Palms of hands and soles of the feet	Jashoreshwari	Chanda
49	Attahas village of Dakshindihi in the district of Bardhaman, near the Katwa railway station, in West Bengal, India	Lips	Phullara	Vishvesh
50	Sainthia, locally Known as "Nandikeshwari" temple. Only 1.5 km from the railway station under a banyan tree within a boundary wall, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India	Necklace	Nandini	Nandikeshwar
51	Hinglaj (Or Hingula), southern Baluchistan a few hours North-east of Gawadar and about 125 km towards North-west from Karachi, Pakistan	Bramharandhra (Part of the head)	Kottari	Bhimlochan
52	Danestwari (Kuldevi Of Bastar state ), Dantewada 80 km from Jagdalpur Tehsil, Chhattisgarh	Daant (teeth)	Danteshwari	Kapalbhairv
53	Vajreshwari , Kangra 18 km from Dharamshala Tehsil, Kangra	left Breast (teeth)	Vajreshwari	Kalbhairv
53	[Padmavati Devi] (Padmavatipuri Dham), Panns 80 km from Satna Madhya Pradesh	Padm	Padmavati Devi	Kapalbhairv
54	Tarapith, on the banks of Dwarka river, about 6 km from Rampurhat sub-division, Birbhum district, West Bengal, India	Third eye or spiritual eye (Tara)