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51 Shakti Peethas
Explore the 51 Shakti Peetha tradition through detailed shrine profiles, sacred stories and pilgrimage information. Regional identifications and differing accounts are explained in the individual profiles. This collection is being expanded; associated regional traditions are retained and identified rather than treated as a completed list of 51.
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Temples in this circuit
Bajreshwari Devi Templeबज्रेश्वरी देवी मंदिरBajreshwari Devi Temple
Bajreshwari Devi is the principal Goddess shrine in Kangra town, also known as Nagarkot Dham. The deity is worshipped as a pindi within a walled precinct that includes Bhairav worship and the image of Dhyanu…
Chintpurni Templeचिंतपूर्णी मंदिरChintpurni Temple
Chintpurni is the hill shrine of Chhinnamastika Devi near Bharwain in Una district. The Goddess is worshipped as a pindi within a compact stone temple, with banyan trees and associated sacred places around the precinct.…
Danteshwari Templeदंतेश्वरी मंदिरDanteshwari Temple
Danteshwari Temple stands at Dantewada’s Shankini–Dhankini confluence in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh. The shrine honours the region’s principal Goddess and is associated with Sati’s tooth in the local Shakti Peetha tradition. Its entrance, stone…
Jwala Ji Templeज्वाला जी मंदिरJwala Ji Temple
Jwala Ji at Jawalamukhi in Kangra district is distinguished by the worship of flames emerging from the rock, rather than a principal anthropomorphic image. Its Shakti Peetha tradition associates the site with Sati’s tongue. The…
Kanchi Kamakshi Amman Templeकांची कामाक्षी अम्मन मंदिरKanchi Kamakshi Amman Temple
Kanchi Kamakshi is the principal Goddess shrine of Kanchipuram’s Kamakottam tradition. Its Dravidian precinct contains entrance towers, mandapams and the main Kamakshi sanctum, with worship closely connected to the Sri Chakra. This is the temple…
Mahalakshmi Ambabai Templeमहालक्ष्मी अंबाबाई मंदिरMahalakshmi Ambabai Temple
Ambabai’s temple is the central Goddess shrine of Karveer, modern Kolhapur. Its west-facing sanctuary is associated with the Kiranotsav sunlight observance. Mahalakshmi at Karavira appears in the Devi Bhagavata’s 108 sacred seats, while Maharashtra’s regional…
Mallikarjunaमल्लिकार्जुनMallikarjuna
At Srisailam in the Nallamala Hills, Shiva is worshipped as Mallikarjuna and the Goddess as Bhramaramba. Their shared complex is both a Jyotirlinga pilgrimage site and one of the eighteen Maha Shakti Peethas recognised in…
Mangla Gauri Templeमंगला गौरी मंदिरMangla Gauri Temple
Mangala Gauri is the hill shrine of the nourishing Mother Goddess in Gaya, Bihar. Worship centres on the sacred manifestation associated with Sati’s breast, and the temple is counted in the eighteen Maha Shakti Peetha…
Naina Devi Templeनैना देवी मंदिरNaina Devi Temple
Shri Naina Devi is the hilltop Shakti shrine in Bilaspur district overlooking the Punjab–Himachal foothill landscape. Its identity is linked to Sati’s eyes in the local peetha tradition. The present marble-clad complex contains a sculpted…
Vaidyanathवैद्यनाथVaidyanath
Baba Baidyanath Dham is the Shiva pilgrimage complex in Deoghar, Jharkhand. The main Jyotirlinga shrine is surrounded by smaller temples, including the Goddess shrine with which it is ritually connected. Deoghar is recognised in both…
Vaishno Devi Templeवैष्णो देवी मंदिरVaishno Devi Temple
Vaishno Devi is the Trikuta mountain pilgrimage reached from Katra in Jammu and Kashmir. Worship culminates at the Bhawan’s Holy Cave, where the Goddess is revered in three natural pindis. The journey is managed by…
Vishalakshi Templeविशालाक्षी मंदिरVishalakshi Temple
Vishalakshi is a living Goddess shrine in the Mir Ghat lanes of Kashi, close to Manikarnika Ghat. It is distinct from both Kashi Vishwanath and Annapurna, although pilgrims often visit the three together. Its place…