The Shakta pithas, Shakti pithas or Sati pithas (Sanskrit: शाक्त पीठ, Śakta Pīṭha, seats of Shakti) are significant shrines and pilgrimage destinations...

to the ground at 51 different places. These places are now known as Shakta pithas, and they are sacred to Hindus. The name "Satī" means "truthful", "virtuous"...

dynamic Brahman." The term Shakta is used for the description of people and customs associated with Shakti worship. The Shakta pithas are shrines, which are...

creating a Shakta pitha. The list of Shakta pithas differ in various religious texts. Many mention Vimala or Jagannath temple complex as a Shakta pitha, and...

Chandronath mondir), located on top of the Chandranath Hill, is a famous Shakta pitha located near Chittagong in Bangladesh where, as per Hindu sacred texts...

is worshiped in the form of a yoni-like stone, and the site is one of Shakta Pitha or pilgrimage sites in Shaktism. Shaktism tradition practices animal...

Karaveera/Kolhapur) and Maha Astha Dasa Pithagne (she who has 18 great Shakta pithas). She is also praised as Mahalakshmi (she who is great Lakshmi), Mahakali...

Shri Shri Mahalakshmi Bhairabi Griba Maha Peetha is one of the Shakta pithas, at Joinpur village, Dakshin Surma, near Gotatikar, 3 km south-east of Sylhet...

the World to have a National Hindu Temple. It's one of the holiest Shakta pithas where the gem of Devi sati's crown fell but the gem is lost long ago...

Kamakhya Temple near Guwahati. At the Varanasi temple, which claims to be a Shakta pitha, Dhumavati's idol rides a chariot and holds a winnowing fan, a broom...

one of the twelve Jyotirlingas of Shiva and as one of the eighteen Shakti Pithas, centres of the Hindu Goddess. Shiva is worshiped as Mallikarjuna, and is...

wishes"), temple of Chhinnamastika in Himachal Pradesh, is one of the Shakta pithas (considered the holiest goddess temples) and is where the goddess Sati's...

style called Nilachal. It is also one among the oldest 4 of the 51 pithas in the Shakta tradition. An obscure place of worship for much of history it became...

in the Osmanabad District of Maharashtra is considered one of the 51 Shakta pithas (pilgrimage sites). This temple was built close to the 12th century...

Shakta pithas as in India, and this is one of them. Kalimath, also known as "Kaviltha", is a village which is regarded as a divine place and Shakta pitha...

mentions 10 principal Shakti Pithas, which includes Varanasi as the fifth one. The Kularnava Tantra mentions 18 Pithas and mentions Varanasi as the sixth...

Ganesha and Kartikeya, who are considered to be Durga's children by Shaktas. Some Shaktas worship Durga's symbolism and presence as Mother Nature. In South...

India, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali. It is one of the 51 Shakti Pithas in eastern India. The term Kalighat originated from the goddess Kali who...

500 meters elevation. The Shakti tradition considers it to be a Shakti Pitha. The temple is governed by the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine Board (SMVDSB)...

and its doctrines remain similar to this tradition. In the principally Shakta theology of Śrī Vidyā the goddess is supreme, transcending the cosmos that...

mentions 18 Pithas and mentions Hingula as the third one. In the Kubjika Tantra, Hingula is listed among the 42 Shakta or Siddha Pithas in which Hinglaj...

Osmanabad district of Maharashtra and is considered as one of the 51 Shakti Pithas. It is situated 45  km from Solapur. The temple was built in c. 12th century...

Retrieved 20 August 2024. Shakti and Shâkta by Arthur Avalon (Sir John Woodroffe), [1918], Chapter Six Shakti and Shakta. "4) The face in the North is blue...

Rajahmundry, officially Rajamahendravaram, is a city in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh and district headquarters of East Godavari district. It is the...

(Daughter of king of the mountains) and Girija (Daughter of the mountains) Shaktas consider the Parvati as an incarnation of Lalita Tripurasundari. Two of...

are known as the Devi Gita, and soon became central texts of Shaktism. Shaktas believe, "the one Truth is sensed in ten different facets; the Divine Mother...

Divya Prabandha, a collection of 4,000 Tamil verses. There are also 108 Shakta pithas (sacred places).[citation needed] The Sudarshana Chakra is a spinning...

creative activity and ultimate union with the Goddess. In the influential Shakta tradition called Kaula, Kuṇḍalinī is seen as a "latent innate spiritual...

Kausambi and many other sites. The Kamakhya temple is one of the oldest shakta pithas in South Asia or sacred pilgrimage sites of the Shaktism tradition....

Shakta Upanishads are a group of minor Upanishads of Hinduism related to the Shaktism theology of a Goddess (Devi) as the Supreme Being. There are 8 Shakta...