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The Shakti Peeth (Sanskrit: शक्ति पीठ, Śakti Pīṭha, seat of Shakti^[1]) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations in Shaktism, the goddess-focused Hindu tradition. There are 51 or 108 Shakti peethas by various accounts,^[2][3] of which between 4 and 18 are named as Maha (major) in medieval Hindu texts.^[2] Most of these historic places of goddess worship are in India, but some are in Nepal, Bangladesh, and one each in Tibet (Mansarovar), Sri Lanka and Pakistan.^[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 52 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.

Legend

Shiva carrying the corpse of Dakshayani

Lord Brahma performed a yajna (Vedic ritual of fire sacrifice) to please Shakti and Shiva. Goddess Shakti emerged, separating from Shiva and helped Brahma in the creation of the universe. Brahma decided to give Shakti back to Shiva. Therefore, his son Daksha performed several yagnas to obtain Shakti as his daughter in the form of Sati. It was then decided that Sati was brought into this world with the motive of getting married to Shiva.

However, due to Lord Shiva's curse to Brahma that his fifth head was cut off due to his lie in front of Shiva, Daksha started hating Lord Shiva and decided not to let Lord Shiva and Sati get married. However, Sati got attracted to Shiva and finally one day Shiva and Sati got married. This marriage only increased Daksha's hatred towards Lord Shiva.

Daksha performed a yagna with a desire to take revenge on Lord Shiva near Kottiyor, Kerala. Daksha invited all the deities to the yajna except Lord Shiva and Sati. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Sati from attending the yagna. She expressed her desire to attend the yagna to Shiva, who tried his best to dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually relented and Sati went to the yagna. Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect at the yagna. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Sati was unable to bear her father's insults toward her husband, so she immolated herself.

Enraged at the insult and the injury, Shiva in his Virabhadra avatar destroyed Daksha's yagna, cut off Daksha's head, and later replaced it with that of a male goat as he restored him to life.Virabhadra didn't stop fighting; he kept raging with anger. Gods prayed to lord Vishnu. He came there and started fighting him. Still immersed in grief, Shiva picked up the remains of Sati's body, and performed the Tandava, the celestial dance of destruction, across all creation. The other Gods requested Vishnu to intervene to stop this destruction, towards which Vishnu used the Sudarshana Chakra, which cut through Sati's corpse. The various parts of the body fell at several spots all through the Indian subcontinent and formed sites which are known as Shakti Peethas today.^[4]

At all the Shakti Peethas, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by her consort, Lord Bhairava (a manifestation of Lord Shiva). Shakti is an aspect of the Supreme Being Adi parashakti, the mother of the trimurti, the holy trinity in Hindu religion & scriptures.

Sati's self-immolation

The history of Daksha yajna and Sati's self-immolation had immense significance in shaping the ancient Sanskrit literature and even influenced the culture of India. It led to the development of the concept of Shakti Peethas and thereby strengthened Shaktism. Enormous numbers of stories in the Puranas and other Hindu religious books took the Daksha yagna as the reason for their origin. It is an important incident in Shaivism, resulting in the emergence of Parvati in the place of Sati Devi and making Shiva a grihastashrami (house holder), leading to the origin of Ganesha and Kartikeya.^[5]

Shakti Peethas are shrines or divine places of the Mother Goddess. These are places that are believed to have been blessed 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 throughout Aryavartha in sorrow. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit.^[6] Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava, and most Shakti and Kalabhairava in different Shakti Peeth have different names.

Four Adi Shakti Pithas

Some of the great religious texts like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana and the AstaShakti recognize four major Shakti Peethas (centers), like Bimala (Pada Khanda) (inside the Jagannath temple of Puri, Odisha), Tara Tarini (Sthana Khanda, Purnagiri, Breasts) (Near Berhampur, Orissa), Kamakhya Temple (Yoni khanda) (Near Guwahati, Assam) and Dakshina Kalika (Mukha khanda) (Kolkata, West Bengal) originated from the parts of the Corpse of Mata Sati in the Satya Yuga.

The Ashtashakti and Kalika Purana says (in Sanskrit):

"Bimala Pada khandancha,

Sthana 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).

In the listings below:

• "Shakthi" refers to the Goddess worshiped at each location, all being manifestations of Dakshayani (Sati), Parvati or Durga;
• "Body Part or Ornament" refers to the body part or piece of jewelry that fell to earth, at the location on which the respective temple is built.

Apart from these 4 there are 51 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.^[7] One of the few in South India, Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh became the site for a 2nd-century temple.^[8]

The List of Shakti Pithas

In the listings^[9] 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.

Sr. No.	Place	State in India/Country	Body Part or Ornament	Shakti	Bhairava	Image
1	A. Amarnath, from Srinagar through Pahalgam 94 km by Bus, Chandanwari 16 km by walk B. Shri Parvat in Ladakh	Jammu and Kashmir	A. Throat B. Anklet	Mahamaya	Trisandhyeshwar
2	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, on the banks of Ajay river at Ketugram, 8 km from Katwa, Burdwan	West Bengal	Left arm	Goddess Bahula	Bhiruk
4	Bakreshwar, on the banks of Paaphara 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	Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river in the city of Ujjaini. These Shaktpeeth known as Harsiddi temple.	Madhya Pradesh	Elbow	Avanti	Lambkarna
6	Bhabanipur, located in the Upazilla 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	Chhinnamastika Shaktipeeth at Chintpurni, in Una District of Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh	Feet	Chhinnamastika	Rudra Mahadev
8	Gandaki, Pokhara about 125 km on the banks of Gandaki river. Locals call as Bindyabasini Temple or Bhadrakali Temple.[10]Muktinath	Nepal	Temple	Gandaki Chandi	Chakrapani
9	Goddess Bhadrakali on banks of Godavari in Nashik city (Saptashrungi)	Maharashtra	Chin (2 parts)	Bhramari	Vikritaksh
10	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
11	Jayanti at Nartiang village in the Jaintia Hills district. This Shakthi Peetha is locally known as the Nartiang Durga Temple.	Meghalaya	Left thigh	Jayanti	Kramadishwar
12	Jessoreswari, situated at Ishwaripur, Shyamnagar Upazila, Khulna Division. The temple complex was built by Maharaja Pratapaditya, whose capital was Ishwaripur.	Bangladesh	Palms of hands and soles of the feet	Jashoreshwari	Chanda
13	Jwalaji, Kangra from Pathankot alight at Jwalamukhi Road Station from there 20 km	Himachal Pradesh	Tongue	Siddhida (Ambika)	Unmatta Bhairav
14	Kalipeeth, (Kalighat, Kolkata)	West Bengal	Right Toes	Kalika	Nakuleshwar
15	Kalmadhav on the banks of Son River in a cave over hills near to Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	Left buttock	Kali	Asitang
16	Kamgiri, Kamakhya, in the Neelachal hills in Guwahati	Assam	Genitals	Kamakhya	Umanand
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	Kanyashram of Balaambika - The Bhagavathy temple in Kanyakumari, the southernmost tip of mainland India, Tamil Nadu (also thought to be situated in Yunnan province, China)	Tamil Nadu	Back	Sarvani	Nimish
19	Karnat, Brajeshwari Devi, Kangra	Himachal Pradesh	Left Breast	Jayadurga	Abhiru
20	Kireet at Kireetkona village, 3 km from Lalbag Court Road station under district Murshidabad	West Bengal	Crown	Vimla	Sanwart
21	Locally known as Anandamayee Temple. Ratnavali, on the banks of Ratnakar river at Khanakul I Krishnanagar, district Hooghly	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	Manibandh, at Gayatri hills near Pushkar 11 km north-west of Ajmer. People know this temple as Chamunda Mata Temple.	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	Nepal, near Pashupatinath Temple at Guhyeshwari Temple	Nepal	Both Knees	Mahashira	Kapali
28	On Chandranath hill near Sitakunda station of Chittagong Division. The famous Chandranath Temple on the top of the hill is the Bhairav temple of this Shakthi Peetha, not the Shakthi Peeth itself.	Bangladesh	Right arm	Bhawani	Chandrashekhar
29	Panchsagar Near Lohaghat (in Champawat District of Uttarakhand) nearly 100 km from nearest railway station Tanakpur. पूर्णागिरी / DeviDhura 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.	Gujarat	Stomach	Chandrabhaga	Vakratund
31	Prayaga Madhaveswari known as Alopi Mata near Sangam at Allahabad	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[11]	Shivani	Chanda
34	Nandikeshwari Temple, locally known as Nandikeshwari Tala, is situated in Sainthia (Nandipur) town of Birbhum District.	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 in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh	Himachal Pradesh	Right Eye	Mahishmardini	Krodhish
37	Shondesh, at the source point of Narmada River in Amarkantak	Madhya Pradesh	Right buttock	Narmada	Bhadrasen
38	Srisailam in Shriparvat hills under Kurnool district	Andhra Pradesh	Right anklet (ornament)	Shrisundari	Sundaranand
39	Sri Sailam, at Nallamalai hills, Andhra Pradesh	Andhra Pradesh, India	Neck	Mahalaxmi	Sambaranand
40	Shuchi, in a Shiva temple at Suchindrum 11 km on Kanyakumari Trivandrum road	Tamil Nadu	Upper teeth	Narayani	Sanhar
41	Sugandha, situated in Shikarpur, Gournadi, about 20 km from Barisal town, on the banks of Sonda river.	Bangladesh	Nose	Sugandha	Trayambak
42	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
43	Ujaani, at Mangalkot 16 km from Guskara station under Burdwan district	West Bengal	Right wrist	Mangal Chandika	Kapilambar
44	Varanasi at Manikarnika Ghat on banks of the Ganges at Kashi	Uttar Pradesh	Earring	Vishalakshi & Manikarni	Kalbhairav
45	Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur	West Bengal	Left ankle	Kapalini (Bhimarupa)	Sarvanand
46	virat nagar district alwar, near Bharatpur	Rajasthan	Left toes	Ambika	Amriteshwar
47	Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple, Katyayanipeeth. Vrindavan www.katyayanipeeth.org.in	Uttar Pradesh	Ringlets of hair	Uma	Bhutesh
48	Jalandhar, from Jalandhar Cantonment Station to Devi Talab.	Punjab	Left Breast	Tripurmalini	Bhishan
49	Baidyanath Dham	Jharkhand	Heart	Jaya Durga	Baidyanath
50	Kancheepuram	Tamil Nadu	Odyanam(Navel)	Kamakshi
51	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা), at Kshirgram (ক্ষীরগ্রাম) near Kaichar under Burdwan district	West Bengal	Great Toe	Jogadya (যোগাদ্যা)	Ksheer Kantak (ক্ষীর কন্টক)
52	Pithapuram under Kakinada Port Town	Andhra Pradesh	Hip Part	Purohotika
53	Ambaji	Gujarat	Heart	Amba	Batuk Bhairav
54	Jwaladevi Temple, Shaktinagar, Sonbhadra	Uttar Pradesh	Tongue	Jwala Devi
55	Chandika Sthan, near Munger town	Bihar	Left Eye	Chandika Devi
56	Danteshwari Temple, Dantewada	Chhattisgarh	Tooth or daant	Danteshwari devi	Kapalbhairav
57	Juranpur, Nadia	West Bengal
58	Taratarini, Ganjam	Odisha	Breast/Stan	Taratarini	Tumbeswar
59	Nalhateswari, Nalhati	West Bengal	Stomach/Nauli	Kalika	Jogesh
60	parameshwari shaktipith in patal
61	dhakeshwari in Dhaka bangladesh here d gem of sati's crown had fallen
62	bishwakama in north mansarovar
63	billapatrika in bilwak
64	brahmakala among living beings
65	vaishnavi among matrikas
66	indrani in amaravati
67	parvati in kailash
68	saraswati on Brahma's toungue
69	lakshmi in vaikunth
70	vindhyavasini in uttarpradesh back of sati had fallen
71	pusti in devdaruvaan
72	tillotama among apsaras
73	arundhati among honest married ladies
76	birasini in Madyapradesh
77	karavipur, karachi, pakistan here third eye had fallen and shakti is mahisasurmardini
78	shrunkhala Devi is in padua hoogly wb here stomach of sati had Fallen
79	rudrani at rudrakoti in kanchi tamilnadu
80	sita at ramgiri chitrakut in mp
81	urvashi in badrivan chamoli uttarakhand
82	kushodhka in kushdweep in Nubia between Atbara and Nile Nubia in egypt
83	aushadhi in uttarkaru in ladakh kashmir
84	mansa shaktipith in Manimajra panchakola in Vilaspur in Chattisgarh here head of sati had fallen
85	shakambhari in saharanpur uttarpradesh here head of sati had fallen
86	jayanti in falizur of Bangladesh left thigh of sati had fallen
87	swaha in moheshwaripur
88	sudhdhi in kapalmochan
89	renuka in mahur, maharashtra
90	jaya in barhaparvat
91	lingadharini in nimisharanya in up
92	bahuchara at mehsana in Gujarat with left hand of sati
93	balasundari in trilokpur in himachal Pradesh
94	baglamukhi in Datia madhyapradesh
95.	rukmini in dwarka
96	dadhimati in nagaur of rajasthan
97	biraja in Jajpur odisha
98	pravavati in sunrays
99.	mangala gouri in gaya in bihar
100	chandika in srihatta bangladesh
101.	vaindheshwari/vindhyavasini in vindhyachal in mirazpur of uttarpradesh
102 .	Chamundeshwari in Karnataka shaktipith
103.	sharda in Kashmir
104.	kamacharini in mandar hill bihar
105.	shanmardayini in kedar in rudraprayag uttarakhand
106.	goddess rambha in malayachal
107.	pavagadh in gujarat
108.	tuljabhawani in tuljapur maharashtra
109.	radhika in vrindavan
110.	Srawan Devi temple- Srawan devi temple is situated in city hardoi of uttar pradesh. It is one of ShaktiPeeth of devi SATI. It is says that the ear of the devi sati fallen in that place and a temple was built here thats why it is called Srawan devi temple. (Srawan hindi name called ear in english)

Historical notes

First relating to Brahmanda Purana, one of the major eighteen Puranas, it mentions 64 Shakthi Peetha of Goddess Parvati in the Bharat or Greater India including present day India, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Sri Lanka, some parts of Southern Tibet and parts of southern Pakistan. Another text which gives a listing of these shrines, is the Shakthi Peetha Stotram, written by Adi Shankara, the 9th-century Hindu philosopher.^[12]

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 sages 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.

18 Maha Shakti Pithas

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 Shakthi Peetha Stotram by Adi Shankara.^[13] This list contains 18 such locations which are often referred to as Maha Shakthi Peeths.^[14]

[*]Sharada Peeth: This temple is currently non-existent*.^[15] Only ruins are found in these places. Its ruins are near the Line of Control (LOC)^[16] 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 Shakthi 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^[17] as a confidence-building measure, by increasing the people to people cross-border interaction.^[16]

Among these, the Shakthi 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).

When observed carefully one can see that they lie in a perfect straight line from Kamakhya to Ujjain via Gaya, symbolizing that every creation in this universe will annihilate one day without fail. With concepts like Hinduism and Ecology gaining importance, the geographical features of these temples are gaining importance.

18 Shakthi Peetas

As per Sankara Samhita of Sri Skanda Purana,^[18]

   Sri Sankari Peetam (at Lanka)
   Sri Simhika Peetam (at Simhala)
   Sri Manika Peetam  (at Dakshavati)
   Sri Sudkala Peetam (At Petapur)
   Sri Bhramaramba Peetam (Srisailam)
   Sri Vijaya Peetam    (Vijayapura)
   Sri Mahalakshmi Peetam   (Kolhapuri)
   Sri Kamakshi Peetam ( Kanchipuram)
   Sri Kuchananda Peetam (Salagrama)
   Sri Vikaja Peetam (Odyana)
   Sri Bhadreswari Peetam (Harmyagiri)
   Sri Mahakali Peetam (Ujjayini)
   Sri Vindhyavasini Peetam (The Vindhya mountains)
   Sri Mahayogi Peetam (Ahicchatra)
   Sri Kanyaka Peetam (Kanya Kubja)
   Sri Visalakshi Peetam ( Kashi)
   Sri Saraswati Peetam (Kashmira)
   Sri AbhirAmA Peetam (Padmagiri,Dindigul)

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

Naini Devi

Nandini

Rakini/Visveshwari

Narayani

Sugandha

Jaya Durga

Katyayani

Ambika

Shaila/Shona

Bhadrakali

Sari

Shakti names at locations of Shakti Peethas

Adi Shakti Peethas - Blue Astadasha Maha Shakti Peethas - Red

Daksha yagna site - Yellow

Notes

There is some wrong Information given about Shakti peeth. Like -: Naina devi-: Nainital, Uttrakhand is not given. And some other also

References

• Phyllis K. Herman, California State University, Northridge (USA), "Siting the Power of the Goddess: Sita Rasoi Shrines in Modern India", International Ramayana Conference Held at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL USA, 21–23 September 2001.
• Hindu Goddesses: Vision of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditions ( ISBN 81-208-0379-5) by David Kinsley
• com/navratra/Shaktipeeth.html 51 Nav Durga Shaktipeeths- Legend and listing Zee News

See also

• List of Shakti peeth in Bengal

External links

• 52 shakti peethas map
• 51 Shakti Peethas of Ma Durga
• 18 shakti peethas map
• Sri Swamiji visits Sri Lanka for Shankari Temple Darshan
• Comprehensive guide on 51 Shakti Peethas
• Daksha Yagna - The story of Daksha's sacrifice and the origin of the Shakti Pithas