51 Sakthi Sthalam / Sakthi Peedam !!

Jai Sriman Narayana !!

Jai Ambey Ma !!

 

 

The name 'Sakthi Sthalam - Sakthi Peedam' reveals the significance of Goddes Sakthi worship. Sri Durga, consort of Lord Shiva is the fierce form of Mother of the Universe, seated on a roaring Lion, with ten hands holding dreadful weapons on each of them. Sri Aayi Mahalakshmi - Goddes of Wealth and consort of Lord Vishnu and  Sri Saraswathy – Goddess of Wisdom and Knowledge, consort of Lord Brahma are the other forms of Mother Universe.   Sakthi worshipped in any of these form of Sri Kamakshi - The Mother of the Universe, Sri Parvathy/Uma - The gentle consort of Lord Shiva, Sri Meenakshi - The Majestic Queen of Lord Shiva, Sri Kali - The fierce form of Mother Universe and the most kind and superior form - The Mother of Lord Ganesha and Lord Skanda.

 

Sakthi Sthals are the sacred places where Lord Shiva's consort Goddess Sati's body part fallen while performing the Rudra's Thandavam by Lord Shiva. There are 51 sacred places are considered as the places where Goddess Sati's body parts fallen on the Earth, each one of these places are known as 'Sakthi Sthalam'.  Sakthi peedams are 18 in numbers.


 

 

 

Srimad Bhagavathapuram describes the Dhaksha Prajapati’s Yagna and the related incidents. Dhaksha Prajapati conducted a Yagna in a grand manner and invited all the deities, Rishis and Sages.  He did not invite Lord Shiva and his consort Goddess Sati for this grand occasion.  Though it was a great insult to Goddess Sati, Her urge to be with her family and make peace to her father and husband's rivalry on this occasion made her move out of Mount Kailash. But things were overturned when she arrived at the arena of Yagna.  She was mercilessly insulted by her father Daksha Prajapati, with utter shame and guilt she gave up her life jumping into the sacrificial fire.

Lord Shiva, the knower of All, with an excruciating pain of separation from Goddess Sati, he performed cosmic dance - Rudra Thandavam carrying the lifeless body of Goddess Sati on His shoulder. The three worlds, Brahma Loka, Rudra Loka and Sri Vaikundham lost its solitude. At last, with an intention to put an end to Lord Rudras agonizing performance, Lord Mahavishnu used His dice which chopped the lifeless body of Goddess Sati and the body part fell on the Earth in different places.   These places were considered as the 'Sakthi Peedas or Sakthi Sthalam'.

The Sakthi Sthalas/ Sakthi Peedams are:

Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple - Kanchipuram

Sri Meenakshi Somasundareswarar - Madurai

Sri Kasi Visalakshi - Varanasi

Sri Mariamman - Samayapuram, Trichi

Sri Mariamman Temple - Thiruverkadu - Chennai

Sri Kalikambal Temple - Chennai - George Town

Sri Kanyakumari Temple - Ambal in the form of Young girl - Banasura vadham has taken place on Vijaya Dashami Day - Kanyakumari

Sri Chottanikkara Bagavathy Temple - enshrined in the form of Rajarajeswari, manifestation of Maha Kali, Mahalakshmi and Maha Sarawathy - Eranakulam, Kerala

Sri Chamundeeswari/Durga - Chamundi Hills, Mysore

Sri Mangala Gowri in Gaya - Upa Sakthi Peedam

Sri Mookambika in Kollur - Mangalore

Sri Harshamata Temple at Abhaneri - Udaipur

Sri Tulja Bavani Temple in Tuljapur - Maharashtra - 'Kula Deivam' (tutelary diety) of Shivaji Maharaj

Aayi Sri Mahalakshmi in Kolhapur - Maharashtra

Sri Mahamaya - Mahur

Sri Jagadamba - Sapthasringi

Sri Kamakshi -Maagadu /Bagavathy - Chennai (located in Chennai Poonamallee High way)

Sri Bagavathi Kodugallur - Personification of Kaali - This Temple situated in Kerala - Lord Shiva created Kali to Kill the demon Daruka - manifestation of Kannagi of Great epic 'Silapathikaram' in Tamil.

Sri Vaishnao Devi Temple - Jammu - Himalayas -Manifestation of Sri Parvathy, Sri Maha Lakshmi and Sri Saraswathy.

Sri Kali Ghat - Kali Temple - Bengal in Calcutta

Sri Shankari Temple in Sri Lanka

Sri Jwalaa Vaishnavi Devi Temple in Himalaya

Sri Jugalamba Devi Temple in Alampur - Kurnool

Sri Ambika at Arasur - Gujarat

Sri Bala at Chunval - Gujarat

Sri Kali at Pavagad - Gujrat

Sri Kamakhya Temple in the city of Guwhati (Assam)

 Jai Ambey Ma !!

 

Jai Sriman Narayana!!