Story Of The Shakti Peethas

Story Of The Shakti Peethas:

Lord Shiva was the only God among the Hindu trinity who did not marry and lived like an ascetic. To be the ideal mate for Shiva, Adi Shakti took a human avatar and was born as the daughter of King Daksha. She was named princess Sati. From a young age, Sati was devoted to the acetic God Shiva and did severe penance to have him as her husband. But Daksha who was the son of God Brahma disliked Shiva's strange lifestyle. Sati married Shiva against Daksha's will but still craved for her father's acceptance. Around this, Daksha organised a massive yagna to please the Gods. He purposely did not invite Shiva and Sati. But Sati insisted on going to the yagna against Shiva's consent. When Sati arrived at her father's palace, she was treated as an uninvited guest. Daksha committed the sin of insulting Shiva in Sati's presence. Pained by her father's ignorance and arrogance, Sati threw herself in the ritual fire of yagna. At this time, Adi Shakti left her mortal body. When the news reached Shiva, he went wild with rage. He picked up Sati's body on his shoulders and started performing the dance of destruction, tandava. The stability of the Universe was threatened by Shiva's dance, and to protect the human world, Lord Vishnu cut up Sati's body with his sudarshan chakra. Shiva's anger was eventually cooled but Sati's body was never whole again. The body was cut up into 51 pieces and each fell at a particular place in India. These places of holy land are called the Shakti peethas. There are 4 famous temples that are called the Adi Shakti peethas. They are considered as the most sacred of all the other peethas. The Kamakhya temple in Assam (vagina), Dashineshwar temple in Kolkata (face), Tara Tarini temple in Behrampur (chest) and the Bimala temple in Puri (feet) are the most auspicious Shakti peethas.

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