Sati unable to bear the insult of Her husband Shiva at the yadnya (fire sacrifice) performed by Her father, Daksha Prajapati ended Her life by jumping into the fire of the same yadnya.
The Sharadiya Navaratri festival was celebrated between September 21 and 29, 2019. Taking this opportunity we have started a special article series ‘Shardiya Navaratri: Glory of the Devi, vision of the Shaktipeethas (seats of Divine Energy) and the underlying spiritual science.
Vijayawada is a big city on the banks of river Krishna in Andhra Pradesh. The Indrakeeladri mountain lies on the bank of the river Krishna.
A temple of Shri Kheer Bhawanidevi is situated at Tullamulla 30 kilometers from Srinagar, in the Ganderbal District of Kashmir.
Between Jammu and Kashmir is a hillock called ‘Hari Parvat’. It is the throne of the Primal Energy. Divine Mother Sharika Bhagwati is also called ‘Mahatripursundari’ and ‘Rajarajeshwari’.
The seat of Shri Bhawanidevi at Tuljapur is considered a confluence of the three components (trigunatmak).
The Shaktipeeth (seat of Divine Energy) of Tripursundari Devi is situated at a distance of 2 hours from Agartala, in the state of Tripura.
Mother Jagadamba in Kavle in Ponda Taluka of Goa in the form of Shri Shantadurgadevi ! This is an ancient, spiritually active and famous temple in Goa.
In Satyayug Bhagwan when Shiva performed the tandav dance lifting the corpse of His energy, ‘Shatidevi’ the activity of the entire world came to a standstill. To pacify Bhagwan Shiva the Deities approached Bhagwan Vishnu.
The world famous temple of Devi Shri Chhinnamastika is situated in the Ramgadh district, 80 kilometers away from Ranchi. This is one of the ancient temples of India and is situated on the confluence of rivers Bhairavi and Damodar.