Four Adi Sakthi Peethas-

[P.J.]

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Four Adi Sakthi Peethas


Some of the great religious texts like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana and the AstaShakti recognize four major Shakti Pithas (centers), like

Bimala (Pada Khanda) (inside the Jagannath temple of Puri, Orissa),

Tara Tarini (Sthana Khanda,Purnagiri ,Breasts) (Near Berhampur, Orissa),

Kamakhya (Yoni khanda) (Near Guwahati, Assam)

and Dakhina Kalika (Mukha khanda) (Kolkata, West Bengal) originated from the limbs of the Corpse of Mata Sati in the Satya Yuga.


Kalika Purana says it in Sanskrit

"Bimala Pada khandancha,
Sthana khandancha Tarini (Tara Tarini),
Kamakshya Yoni khandancha,
Mukha khandancha Kalika (Dakshina Kalika)
Anga pratyanga sanghena
Vishnu Chakra Kshyta nacha"


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


. "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.



[TABLE="class: table1, align: center"]
[TR]
[TH]Sl.No[/TH]
[TH]Place[/TH]
[TH]Body Part or Ornament[/TH]
[TH]Shakti[/TH]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]In Puri, Orissa (inside Jagannath Temple complex)[/TD]
[TD]Pada[/TD]
[TD]Bimala[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]Near Berhampur-Orissa[/TD]
[TD]Sthana khanda[/TD]
[TD]Tara Tarini[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]Guwahati-Assam[/TD]
[TD] Yoni khanda[/TD]
[TD] Kamakshya[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]Kolkata- West Bengal[/TD]
[TD]Mukha khanda[/TD]
[TD]Dakshina Kalika[/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

In the Subsequent Threads we will see more details about each of these Four Adi Sakthi Peethas




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