Sacred Places
217 places found
HinduismMaa Kiriteshwari Temple
· India · temple
A Shakta pitha in Kiritkona village, Murshidabad district, West Bengal, honouring Devi Kiriteshwari at the spot where the crown of Goddess Sati is believed to have fallen.
HinduismMaa Mahakali Temple
· India · temple
A Hindu goddess shrine crowning the summit of Pavagadh Hill in Gujarat's Panchmahal district, revered as one of the 51 Shakti Peethas and set within the UNESCO-listed Champaner-Pavagadh Archaeological Park.
HinduismMaa Mahishamardini Temple, Bakreshwar
· India · temple
A village in the Birbhum district of West Bengal, Bakreshwar is revered as one of the 51 Shakta pithas, home to a Temple honoring Adi Shakti alongside a cluster of sacred hot springs tied to the worship of Lord Shiva.
HinduismMaa Mangal Chandika Temple, Ujani
Kogram (Ujani), near Mangalkot · India · temple
Ujani Shakti Peetha at Kogram in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal, where the right wrist Of Maa Sati Is Held To Have Fallen. Maa Is Worshipped here as Maa Mangal Chandika, with Shiva as Kapilambar, in a plain shrine by the Ajay river, on ground the medieval Bengali poets knew as Ujjaninagar.
HinduismMaa Masani Amman Temple
Anaimalai · India · temple
At the foot of the Anaimalai hills near Pollachi in Tamil Nadu, Maa Masani Amman reclines in stone where the Aliyar river meets the Uppar stream, a fierce and tender form of the Divine Mother who guards Her devotees and hears the cry of the wronged.
HinduismMaa Mumba Devi Temple
· India · temple
Nestled in the Bhuleshwar quarter of South Mumbai, this ancient Hindu shrine honours Mumbā Devī, the tutelary goddess whose name gave the city of Mumbai its identity.
HinduismMaa Mundeshwari Temple
Bhabua · India · temple
High on the Kaimur plateau above the Son river in Bihar, Maa Mundeshwari Temple is among the oldest continuously worshipped Hindu shrines in India, an octagonal stone sanctuary shared by Maa Mundeshwari and a four-faced Lord Shiva lingam.
HinduismMaa Nalhateswari Temple
Nalhati · India · temple
One of the Fifty-One Shakti Peethas, where the throat (nala) Of Maa Sati Is Held To Have Fallen. At Nalhati in Birbhum, West Bengal, Maa Nalateswari Is Worshipped as Maa Kalika: a sindoor-laden Face with Three great Eyes and a golden red Tongue, down whose Throat the water poured by devotees never overflows and never runs dry.
HinduismMaa Nandikeshwari Temple
· India · temple
A Shakta pitha in the city of Sainthia, West Bengal, where the Goddess is worshipped as Nandikeshwari, She whom Nandi, the divine bull of Shiva, adores. Devotees also call it Nandikeshwari Tala.
HinduismMaa Phullara Temple, Attahas
· India · temple
Attahas is honored as one of the 51 Shakta pithas, sacred sites said to mark where pieces of the goddess Maa Sati fell to earth, here her lower lip.
HinduismMaa Purnagiri Temple
Purnagiri hill, near Tanakpur, Champawat district · India · temple
Maa Purnagiri Temple sits above Tanakpur in the Champawat district of Uttarakhand, India, perched at roughly 910 metres and reached by a steep pilgrim path through the hills.
HinduismMaa Sharda Mandir, Maihar
· India · temple
Maa Sharda Temple crowns the Trikut mountain at Maihar in Madhya Pradesh, India, enshrining Goddess Sharda, revered as an incarnation of Goddess Saraswati. Honored within the Shakta tradition as a Shakti Peetha, it carries the living belief that the deathless warrior Alha still comes each day to worship the Mother.