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Mahishasura mardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram - 1880

10/2/2020

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Mahishasuramardini Cave Temple, Mamallapuram - 1880

Photograph taken by Nicholas and Co in ca. 1880, showing a temple at Mahabalipuram (Mamallapuram) in Tamil Nadu. Most of the temples and art at this site are ascribed to the reign of the Pallava king Narasimhavarman I (ruled 630-about 668 AD), from whose title of Great Wrestler or Mahamalla the place derives its name.

The Mahishasuramardini cave temple consists of a long columned verandah with three sanctums. It takes its name from the large sculpture panel on its walls celebrating the feat of the goddess Durga (a form of the Mother Goddess Shakti) who slew the buffalo-headed demon Mahishasura. With its naturalistic beauty and sense of movement, the bas-relief panel is a masterpiece of Indian art.

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Durga Temple, Para, Manbhum District - 1872

10/2/2020

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Durga Temple, Para, Manbhum District - 1872

Photograph of the brick temple, east of the village of Para, known as the Durga Temple taken by Joseph David Beglar between 1872 and 1873. At that time Beglar wrote the following account of this temple, "…the bricks used measure more than 17 inches long by over 11 inches in width, and are all set in mud…so minutely was the carving done, that a space 1 inch square shows sculptured two tiny bells, their ropes, and the twist of the several strands of the ropes clearly made out…." The temple stands on a high plinth which was added to stop the temple from falling down. This fate has already befallen the mandapa, of which very little remains. At one point the interior of the temple was plastered however little of this remained when Beglar visited.

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Durga Temple at Aihole - 1855

10/2/2020

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Durga Temple at Aihole - 1855

Photograph of the Durga Temple at Aihole, in the Bijapur District of Northern Karnataka, taken by Thomas Biggs 1855. Aihole was one of the capitals and an important commercial centre of the Early Western Chalukya, a powerful dynasty which ruled the Deccan from the 6th century.

Together with the two other capitals of Badami and Pattadakal, the site has preserved many Hindu and Jain temples which belong to a period that goes from the 6th to the 12th centuries, belonging to the Early and Late Chalukya periods and to the Rashtrakuta era. This view shows the Durga Temple, a large and elaborate Hindu temple belonging to the late 7th century of the Chalukya period.

The temple has an apsidal-ended plan, is elevated on a platform and surrounded by an open colonnade. The pillars of the porch are carved with medallions, jewels and garlands and the outer columns have guardian figures and amorous couples. Around the pillared porch there are many slabs with sculptures representing divinities and amorous couples.Only a fragment of the tower over the sanctuary is still standing.
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Shakti Pith Kamakhya in Assam

1/16/2014

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Kamakhya Devi Shakti Pith in Assam

Kamakhya Devi Mandir is one of the famous Shaktipeethas of Devi Sati.It is located in Assam (India).it is also termed as a JAGRAT PEETH( live seat of devi sati ) . It is believed that Mata Sati's Yoni fell here.

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Shakti Peeth Barghobhina Devi Mandir

1/16/2014

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Barghobhima Devi Mandir

Shaktipeeth of Devi Sati is located in Medinipur District of West Bengal. It's about 90 K.m from Kolkata, and located on the banks of the Rupnarayan river close to bay of Bengal. It is believed that Mata Sati's left ANKLE fell here.

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Shakti Pith in Birbhum West Bengal.. the Home of the Bauls of Bengal

1/16/2014

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Mahishasurmardini Mandir

This shaktipeeth of mata sati is located in birhum district of west Bengal and it is believed that devi's portion between the EYEBROWS fell here. The Goddess here is worshiped in her Mahishasurmardini form.

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Shakti Peeth Garh Kalika Mandir in Ujjain

1/16/2014

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Garh Kalika Mandir

Garh Kalika Madir is one of the temples from 51 shaktipeethas of devi Sati. Devi is worshipped here as mahakali and it is believed that mata sati's upper part of the lip had fallen here.this temple is located in Ujjain

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Nalteshawari Temple: Shakti Pith

1/16/2014

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Nalteshwari Temple

Maa nalteshwari devi ji is one of the 51 places where parts of Sati's body fell thus it is known as Shakti peethas. The throat of Sati or “Nala” fell here as known by tradition. This is a beautiful place with fine vicinity and plateaus all around it where Maa Nalateswari resides and has resemblance with Kamakha and Kalighat pithas.

​The goddess of this place is known as Maa Nalateswari who is also praised as Maa or “Bhagobidhata-Nalateswari” or Devi Parvati or Kalika. According to the localities, in 252th Bengali year or “Bongapto”, “Kamdev” (the Hindu god of love and desire) who had dreamt about its existence discovered the larynx of maa sati at this Nalahati forest.

bhairav:- yogesh

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April 16th, 2013

4/16/2013

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Shakti Peeth - Kapalini

Lord Shiva father in law, Daksha was very angry at him because her daughter married Lord Shiva against his promises. So in order to take revenge, he conducted or performed a Yagna (A very auspicious ceremony or action in Hindu culture). Daksha invited every person from all over the world, but not his son in law and his own daughter, Sati. When Sati got the news about the Yagna, she could not resist herself and went to attend the ceremony. There nobody paid any type of attention to her, including her parents. She did not annoyed by this action of his father, but when his father did not even respect her husband, she felt dreadful. The agony was so much so, that she jumped in to the fire (Yagna) and give away her life. The loss of Sati was very painful to the Lord Shiva and due to this, he got furious and angry. Shiva went to the place where Yagna was being performed and devastated that area.

Then Lord Shiva carried Sati all over the world, as he was in utmost grief that time and hoping to get Sati life back. This made all other gods to feel bad for lord Shiva and in order to get back lord Shiva to normal state, they visited Lord Vishnu. Lord Vishnu used his Sudarshan Chakar and severed Sati body in to 51 pieces. These body parts fell on different part of earth and whichever place they fell on earth is considered holy. So, for every place, there is a Shakti Peeth.

Vibhash, at Tamluk under district Purba Medinipur, West Bengal.
Left ankle fallen here

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Bengali Mandir

3/9/2013

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Keshta-raya Temple of Bishnupur

A temple formed on the combination of two temple, is what depicts the true style of the Jor-Bangla architecture. Two such temples are found in Bishnupur, but only one of them remains in a preserved state. The second one is in ruins. The former and conserved one is the Jor-Bangla or Keshta-Raya Temple, and the other one known as Mahaprabhu temple.

The Keshta-Raya Temple is famous for its structural configuration and exclusive terracotta sculptures. According to the dilapidated inscriptional records, the temple is said to have been erected by Raghunatha Singha in 1655 AD. The structural pattern is unique in itself. It resembles the union of two hut-like structures, having two angled roofs combined to form a single architecture, installed with a char-chala tower on the crown.

Facing the southward direction, the temple has a base-platform measuring 11.8 m in length and 11.7 m in breadth, the stature being 10.7 m. The temple has some of the most exquisite terracotta works on all three sides of the porch facades. Except the stucco Shadbhuja (Six-Handed) figure of Sri Chaitanya (not worshipped nowadays), there is no other image or décor found inside the temple. Outer terracotta panels depict scenes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, the Krishna-Lila and other social themes. Exceptionally ornamented terracotta art places this temple high among all Bishnupur Temples.

The Mahaprabhu temple, as mentioned earlier, is in the Jor-Bangla group. It stands out to be probably constructed in 1734-35 AD, during the rule of Gopala Singha.

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