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Maa Vishweshwari Godavaritir or Sarvashail Shakti Peeth – 6th Among 51 Shakti Peethas
Godavaritir or Sarvashail is the famous Shakti Peetha where it is said that the Left Cheek of Maa Sati fell and the idols worshiped at this religious place are Vishweshwari (Vishweshi) or Rakini or Viswamatuka (The mother of the whole world) and Lord Shiva as Vatsnabh or Dandapani (The one who holds a staff). This Shakti Peetha is located at Kotilingeswar temple on the banks of Godavari river near Rajamundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Maa Vishweshwari
The Godavari River is sacred to Hindus and has several pilgrimage centers on its banks. It has been held as a special place of pilgrimage for many thousands of years. Many famous personalities, including Baladeva (5000 years ago) and more recently Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (500 years ago) have bathed in her waters as an act of worship.
River Godavari is considered the Dakshin (Southern) Ganges and Rajahmundry Dhakshin Kasi. Every twelve years, Pushkaram fair is held on its banks of the river. Crores of people have a holy dip in the sacred waters of the river to purify themselves of all their sins.
Dakshin Ganga Godavari Pooja
Legend has it that Sage Gautama lived on the Brahmagiri Hills at Trayambakeshwar with his wife Ahalya. The rishi kept his stock of rice in a granary. Once, a cow entered his granary and ate up the rice. When the rishi tried to ward the cow away with Durbha grass, it fell dead. The rishi wanted to relieve himself of the sin of ‘Gohatya’. He worshipped Lord Shiva and requested him to bring the Ganges to purify his hermitage. Lord Shiva pleased with the rishi appeared as Triambaka and brought along the river Ganges. Since the Ganges was brought down to Triambakeshwar by Sage Gautama, it is known here as Gautami. It is also known as Godavari because the river helped Sage Gautama to relieve his sins.
Mahishamardini Shivaharkaray or Karavipur Shakti Peeth – 3rd Among 51 Shakti Peethas
Shivaharkaray or Karavipur is a Shakti Peeth dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Durga located near Parkai railway station, near Karachi, Pakistan. As per Puranas the three eyes of the Devi Sati fell here. The Goddess is worshiped as Mahishamardini or the slayer of the Demon Mahishasur and and Shiva as Krodhish (the one who can be angry).
Karavipur Shakti Peeth
Shivaharkaray - Durga
Mahishasura Mardini Durga
Maa Durga is known as the slayer of the demon Mahishasur, who was originated from a buffalo which represents the the animal nature in us in this form of Maa Durga is Called Mahishasura Mardini. Means Maa Durga slayed down a demon named Mahishasura who represent the animal features in human like ego, ignorance, greed & selfishness.
Mahisasuramardini
Maa Mahisasuramardini
Maa Durga as Mahisasuramardini
In this form Mahishasura Mardini, the Mother Goddess shows us the path to defeat the animal nature in human beings with the her divine help. The lion, the steed of the Maa Durga, represents man’s virility. The animal nature is to be conquered and kept under rigid control, but never absolutely abolished, for everything has its part to play wile placed in the right perspective. It is to be tamed to serve the purpose of creation proper vehicle of the divine.
Katyayani Shakti Peeth or Uma Shakti Peeth Vrindavan – 2nd Among 51 Shakti Peethas
Katyayani shatkti peeth also known as Uma shakti peeth located in Vrindavan is one of the 51 Shaktipeethas where the ‘Ringlets of Hair’ of Devi Sati have fallen. Here the worship idols are – Devi as Uma (also known as another name of Goddess Parvati) and Lord Shiva as Bhootesh.
Devi Uma
Maa Katyayani
The Katyayani Devi present here has a sword named Uchawal Chandrahaas in her hand and is sitting on a throne. The Katyayani Devi temple is situated in Radhbag near Yamuna in Vrindavan and is a very renowned Siddhapeeth. Katyayani is the 8th from of Durga. It is said that the girls of Braj worshipped Mata Katyayani in this Siddhapeeth to get Shri Krishna.
Maa Katyayani Uma Shakti Peeth
The location of temple is very clear in Vrindavan, near new bus stand on Bhuteshwar road within Bhuteshwar Mahadev Temple. Vrindavan also known as Vraj, is a town in the Mathura district of Uttar Pradesh, India, is one such sacred town situated on the banks of the holy river Yamuna. It is 150 Kms from Delhi and is approachable by rail and road. The town was named after a tulsi grove which existed here during the ancient times. Vrinda is the other name for the sacred Tulsi (Basil) plant. Vrindavan is a famous pilgrimage site where Lord Krishna is worshipped day and night.
Radhey Krishna
Lord Krishna was raised in the cowherding village of Gokul by his foster parents Nanda Maharaj and Yasoda Maa. The Bhagavata Purana describes Krishna’s early childhood pastimes in the Vrindavan forest where He, his brother Balarama, and his cowherd friends stole butter, engaged in childhood pranks and fought with demons. Along with these activities, Krishna is also described as meeting and dancing with the local girls of Vrindavan village, especially Radharani, who were known as gopis. Lord Krishna was capable of amazing feats and saved the village from many perils such as the Naga Kaliya and Krishna lifted the Govardhana hill and taught Indra, the king of the devas and rain, a lesson to protect native people of Vrindavana.
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Kiriteshwari, Kiritkona, Mukuteshwari – 1st Among 51 Shakti Peethas
Kiriteshwari or Kiritkona also known as Mukuteshwari One of the 51 Shaktipithas where the Kirit (the crown or headdress) of Goddess Sati have fallen. Here the worship idols are – Devi as Vimala and Lord Shiva as Sangbarta. Maa Kiriteshwari’s temple is main temple in the town. The unique feature of the temple is the absence of any image or deity. The red colored stone which is supposed to be the symbolic representation of the Goddess is covered by a red veil the year through. Only on Ashtami of each Durga Puja, the veil is changed and she is given a holy bath. The headdress of the Maa Kiriteswari, has been worshiped through the ages. At present, the headdress is preserved at Rani Bhabani’s Guptamath, situated opposite to the temple. There is no image in the new temple. There is a high alter on which a small alter is seen. Here the face of Maa is indexed. Yogendranarayan Roy, the late king of Lalgola had renovated and had taken care of the temple constructed by Darpanarayan. The original temple had turned to ruins. Beneath given the shot of the ruined one on the right side.
Maa Vimala
Kiriteshwari, Kiritkona, Mukuteshwari Temple
Kiriteshwari, Kiritkona, Mukuteshwari - 1st Among 51 Shakti Peethas
Take the train to Azimganj. The Azimganj town is situated on the western side of the river Bhagirathi and is within the Lalbagh (Murshidabad) Subdivision. The Temple is just five kilometres from Dahapara railway station, and is the oldest temple in the Murshidabad district. The temples are on the shore of the ganges near Barnagar.
Devi Vimala
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51 Shakti Peethas of Maa Durga – Maa Sati, Dakshayani
Maa Sati aslo known as Dakshayani is a Hindu Goddess of marital felicity and longevity. She is worshipped particularly by Hindu women to seek the long life of their husbands. An aspect of Devi, Sati is the first consort of Shiva, the second being Parvati, the reincarnation of Sati herself.
51 Shakti Peethas of Maa Durga - Maa Sati, Dakshayani
In the Satya Yuga, Daksha performed a yagna with a desire to take revenge on Lord Shiva. Daksha was angry because his daughter Dakshayani also known as Sati had married the ‘Yogi’ God Shiva against his wish. Daksha invited all the deities to the yagna except for Shiva and Shakti. The fact that she was not invited did not deter Shakti from attending the yagna. She had expressed her desire to attend to Shiva who had tried his best to dissuade her from going. Shiva eventually allowed her to go escorted by his followers.
Goddess Durga
But Sati, being an uninvited guest, was not given any respect. Furthermore, Daksha insulted Shiva. Shakti was unable to bear her father’s insults toward her husband, so Devi Sati invoked her yogic powers and immolated herself. When Sati, the wife of Shiva and the first incarnation of Parvati, sacrificed herself at a yagna being performed by her father the King Daksha; a very distraught Shiva started dancing with her body. The world was terrorized from this Tandava Nritya and to stop the devastating penance, Vishnu used his Sudarshan chakra and completely cut up Sati’s body in several pieces. Wherever her body parts fell, a temple was erected to commemorate different manifestations of Shiva and Parvati and became a Hindu pilgrimage. They are called Pitha or Sakti Pithas. These temples are scattered from present day Pakistan to India to Sri Lanka to Bangladesh. Sati is also called Devi or Shakti. See Below for all Shakti Peethas :-
51 Shakti Peethas of Maa Durga
- Kirit Shakti Peeth
- Vrindavan Shakti Peeth
- Shivaharkaray or Karavipur Shakti Peeth
- Shriparvata Shakti Peeth
- Varanasi (Vishalakshi) Shakti Peeth
- Godavari Tir Shakti Peeth
- Suchindram Shakti Peeth
- Panchasaagar Shakti Peeth
- Jwalamukhi Shakti Peeth
- Bhairava Parvat Shakti Peeth
- Attahas Shakti Peeth
- Janasthan Shakti Peeth
- Amarnath Shakti Peeth
- Nandipur Shakti Peeth
- Sri Sailam Shakti Peeth
- Nalhatti Shakti Peeth
- Mithila Shakti Peeth
- Ratnavali Shakti Peeth
- Prabhas Shakti Peeth
- Jallandhar Shakti Peeth
- Chitrakoot Shakti Peeth
- Deoghar Shakti Peeth
- Vakreshwar Shakti Peeth
- Kanyakumari Shakti Peeth
- Bahula Shakti Peeth
- Ujjain Shakti Peeth
- Manivedika Shakti Peeth
- Prayag Shakti Peeth
- Puri Shakti Peeth
- Kanchipuram Shakti Peeth
- AmarKantak Shakti Peeth
- Sona Shakti Peeth
- Kamakhya Shakti Peeth
- Jayantia Shakti Peeth
- Patna Shakti Peeth
- Tristrota Shakti Peeth
- Tripura Shakti Peeth
- Vibasha Shakti Peeth
- Kurukshetra Shakti Peeth
- Yogadaya Shakti Peeth
- Virat Shakti Peeth
- Kalipitha Shakti Peeth
- Manasa Shakti Peeth
- Nellore Shakti Peeth
- Gandaki Shakti Peeth
- Pasupathinath Shakti Peeth
- Hingula Shakti Peeth
- Sugandha Shakti Peeth
- Karota Shakti Peeth
- Chattal Shakti Peeth
- Yashor Shakti Peeth
At all Shakti Peethas, the Goddess Shakti is accompanied by Lord Bhairava in different forms (a manifestation of Lord Shiva).
Lord Shiva in Grief Holding the Body of Sati
Lord Shiva Holding the Body of Sati & Sudrashan Chakra
You may find the many locations of the Shakti Peethas with the same name in another places or states of India. But that is not mean to which one is real or which one is not, does not matter us. The fact which matters us is, how much faith & love we have in our heart for Devi Maa. Every one says that Devi Maa is their, that is why There are more than one Shatki Peetha with the same name in India.
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