The Nartiang Devi temple is believed to be a Shakti Peetha, one of the most revered shrines of Shaktism because Shakti Peethas are holy abodes of Parashakti. The Shakti Peethas have originated from the mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation Shiva carried the corpse of Sati Devi and body parts of the corpse fell in the path he wandered. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. Each temple have shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava. The "Shakti" of Nartiang Devi shrine is addressed as "Jayanti" and the "Bhairava" as "Kramadishwar". It is believed that Sati Devi's left thigh has fallen here.[1][2][3]

History

Devi's left thigh is believed to have fallen at Nartiang in the Jaintia Hills. Hence the Goddess here is known as ‘Jainteshwari’. The Jaintia king Jaso Manik (1606–1641) had married Lakshmi Narayana, the daughter of the Hindu Koch king Nara Narayana. It is believed that it was Lakshmi Narayana who had influenced the Jaintia Royalty to embrace Hinduism. King Dhan Manik had made Nartiang the summer capital of the Jaintia Kingdom about 600 years ago. One night, the goddess appeared to him in a dream and informed him of the significance of the place and asked him to build a temple in Her honour. Following this, the Jainteshwari temple in Nartiang was established. The strategic location of the temple and presence of weapons like cannons etc. suggests that the temple must have been part of a fort of the Jaintia Kings
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Janasthan Shakti Peetha is the most famous Shakti Peetha where it is said that the “Chin” of Maa Sati fell and the idols are Devi Maa as Bhramari and Lord Shiva as Vikritaksh Bhairav. Other names are Devi as Chibuka (the one with the chin) and Shiva as Sarvasiddhish (the one who can provide all desires). It is also known as Goddess Saptashrungi (Goddess with seven arms)located in Vani, Nasik,
Maharashtra, India.
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Gandaki Chandi ShaktiPeetha : This Peetha is in Muktinath, Dhawalagiri, in Nepal, near the bank of river Gandaki. Here, forehead of Sati had fallen, she is in the form of Devi Gandaki-Chandi and Chakrapani appears as Vairabh. The importance of this holy place is also described in Vishnu Puran and This place Muktinath is a sacred place both for Hindus and Buddhists and highly consider for mukti or salvation.
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This is the old temple of Maa Bhagwati Chinnamasta Devi. According to one of the sacred books of Sanatan Dharm, Shri Markandeye Puran, after killing of all the Asuras and upon victory in the big war, Maa Bhagwati's 2 'sahyoginis', Jaya and Vijaya who had killed the various Asuras and drank their blood, were still thirst for more blood. So Maa cut her own head and queched the thirst of her sahyoginis with her own blood.

Since then, Maa Bhagwati's this roop was called as Maa Chhinnamastika or Mata Chinnamasta (Chhinn is without and Masta is Head).

As per old Granths, Puranas and other Dharmic Books, it is also mentioned that Maa Chhinnmastika's Dham or place or temple will be guarded by Lord Rudra Mahadev all sides. Hence this place has a perfect reasoning to be that Dham/ Temple. It has Mahadev's temples on all 4 sides as

  1. East- Kaleshwar Mahadev Temple
  2. West- Narahna Mahadev Temple
  3. North- Muchhkund Mahadev Temple &
  4. South- Shiv Bari Temple

Hence this temple was declared as Maa Chhinnamastika Devi Dham or Mata Chinnamasta Temple.

Further, Pandit Mai Das was a famous devotee of Maa Chinnamasta and worshipped Her till one day She gave him Her Darshan. The place was though called Chhabroh, however since Maa came and relieved Pandait Mai Das from all his tensions, this place got more popular by the name Chintpurni.
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Goddess Aparna Devi Karota Shakti Peeth Temple

Karota Shakti Peeth as an incarnation of Goddess Shakti in Bhabanipur at Karatoyatat, 28 km distance from interior Sherpur upazila, Bogra District, Bangladesh comes as a significant place of pilgrimage for Hindus.

Also, there appear the numerous temples at Karota Shakti Peeth’ premises are indeed answerable by pilgrims to have been founding their footmarks devoted to Goddess Aparna Temple, with no disregard of sectarian differences, from all over the country as well as abroad.

Goddess Aparna (form of Goddess Shakti) and Lord Vaman Bhairav (form of Lord Shiva) are as the sole embodiment of Karota Shakti Peeth.

History:

Karota Shakti Peeth, having the massive presence of its worshippers, comes in vision after the very saintly saga of Goddess Shakti makes its priceless presence. Reasoning that Goddess Shakti’ sole of her left foot had fallen where the phase of bowing down from the entire Hindu Parivaar persents on.
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Bhairav Parvat, Ujjain is the most famous Shakti Peetha where it is said that the “Upper Lip” of Maa Sati fell and the idols are Devi Maa as Avanti and Lord Shiva as Lambkarna Bhairav. It is located near Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, India. Bhairavparvat, at Bhairav hills on the banks of Shipra river a little distance from Ujjaini town.
 Ujjain also known as Ujain, Ujjayini, Avanti, Avantikapuri is an ancient city of Malwa region in central India, on the eastern bank of the Shipra or Kshipra River, today part of the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is the administrative centre of Ujjain District and Ujjain Division.
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Shivaharkaray or Karavipur ShaktiPeetha : Shakti Peetha dedicated to the Hindu Goddess Mahisasur Mardani or the incarnation of Adhya Shakti, who killed the Dion Mahishasur, it's located near Parkai railway station, near Karachi, in Pakistan. As per Hindu Iconography and mythology the eyes of the Sati fell here. The Goddess is worshiped as "Mahisha-Mardhini or Mahisasur-Mardini, and Krodish" (symbolized the angry figure of lord Shiva) as Vairabh.
 
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                                 Bahula Shakti Peetha

 

Shakti Peeth Bahula is also one of the famous pilgrimages that is laid down near the bank of Ajay river.
Shakti Peethas is situated at Bhardhaman district near Katwa in West Bengal, India. The holy place is dedicated to a divine power “Goddess Durga”, who is worshipped by a large number of Hindu devotees. It is believed that Devi Sati’s ‘Left Arm’ fell here. It is a famous Hindu temple in West Bengal.
Alternatively, a legendary Siddha peetha of a divine power is worshipped as a supreme power of Durga Shakti“Goddess Bahula” (lavish) by the millions of devotees from all over the country, who visit this prehistoric divine temple every year.
An awe-inspiring power of the Universe - “Bahula shakti peetha” is one of the historic places in India, where the divine power is worshipped as a Devi Shakti by Hindu devotees and daily offered with sweets and fruits in the morning.
According to the Hindu mythology, it is whispered that Devi Sati’s “Left Arm” fell here. The main idols of this legendary divine place are Devi as “Bahula” (lavish) and Lord Shiva as “Bhiruk” (sarvasiddhidayak), worshipped here. The holy place is dedicated to Maa Durga and Lord Shiva.
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Maa Phullara or Fullara, Attahasa Shakti Peeth – 11th Among 51 Shakti Peethas

Attahas Shakti Peetha is the most famous Shakti Peetha where it is said that the “Lower Lip” of Maa Sati fell and the idols are Devi Maa as Phullara or Fullara (Blooming) and Lord Shiva as Vishwesh (Lord of the universe) Bhairav. It is located in Labhpur, W.B, India.
 According to mythology, when Mahadeva (Lord Shiva) danced around with Sati’s dead body cutting it to pieces, the lip fell at Fullara or Phullara. There is a big pond beside the temple. According to hearsay, Hanuman collected 108 blue lotuses from the pond when Sri Ramachandra required them for the worship of Goddess Durga.
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