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Category: Shakti temples

Category: Shakti temples

Category: Shakti temples

Category: Shakti temples

Shakti Peethas: Another important set of pilgrimages are the Shakti Peethas, where the Mother Goddess is worshipped, the two principal ones being Kalighat and Kamakhya.

Religious places such as Shakti Peethas.

According to another school of thought, the word Tripura may have originated from Tripura Sundari, the presiding deity of the Tripura Sundari Temple at Udaipur, famous as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas ( pilgrimage centres of Shakti worshippers of Hinduism ).

In Shakti Peethas or temples of the goddesses, the Durga Puja is observed with rituals for a period of 10 to 16 days, known as Shodasa Upachara.

At various times, different writers have attempted to organize some of these into lists of " Shakti Peethas "; literally " Seats of the Devi ", or more broadly, " Places of Power ".

Kaal Bhairava temples can also be found around Shakti Peethas, as it is said Shiva allocate job the of guarding each of 52 Shakti Peethas to one Bhairava.

* Shakti Peethas, places of worship consecrated to the goddess Shakti

Many researchers say that the temple is also one of the Shakti Peethas, where the jewel from the crown of the Goddess had fallen.

The Shri Mahalakshmi Temple of Kolhapur in Maharashtra, India, is one of the Shakti Peethas listed in various puranas of Hinduism.

Her name means " renowned goddess of desire ," and she resides at the present rebuilt Kamakhya temple replacing the lost manifest now in the form of a stone yoni ( female generative organ ) symbolic of the goddess in 1645 C. The temple is primary amongst the 51 Shakti Peethas related to the myth of Sati, and remains one of the most important Shakta temples and Hindu pilgrimage sites in the world.

Several different listings of these 51 holy places, known as Shakti Peethas, are available ; some of these places have become major centers of pilgrimage as they are held by the Goddess-oriented Shakta sect to be particularly holy.

The Shakti Peethas (,,, seat of Shakti ) are places of worship consecrated to the goddess Shakti or Sati, the female principal of Hinduism and the main deity of the Shakta sect.

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.