Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth
Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth is considered one of the 51 Shakti Peeths famous in Hinduism. This Shakti Peeth is situated on the banks of the Kopai River, north-east of Bolpur (Shanti Niketan), in the Birbhum district of the state of West Bengal.According to the Puranas in Hinduism, wherever the body parts or ornaments of the goddess Sati fell, there they became Shakti Peeth. These Shakti Peeths are called very holy shrines, that are spread all over the Indian subcontinent. These Shakti Peeths are very important from a religious point of view. The Devipuran describes 51 Shakti Peeths.
Significance of Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth
The "asti" (skeleton) of Mata Sati fell in the Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth. Right here Mata Sati is known as ‘Devagarbha’ and Lord Shiva as ‘Ruru’.Kankalitala Shakti Peeth is located on the banks of Kopinadi in the north-east of Bolpur (Shanti Niketan), in the Birbhum district of the state of West Bengal.
According to the Puranas, where the body parts or ornaments of the goddess Sati fell, her Shakti Peeth became there. These Shakti Peeth are referred to as holy shrines, which are spread all over the Indian subcontinent. The Devi Purana describes the 51 pilgrim spots.
Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth Mythology
Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths. Based on religious texts, parts of Goddess Sati fell at all these places. According to the legend, a yajna was organized by King Daksha, father-in-law of Lord Shiva, during which King Daksha didn't send invitations to Lord Shiva and Mother Sati as a result of King Daksha didn't consider Lord Shiva as his equal. There was a variety of insult to Lord Shiva on the place of sacrifice, which Mata Sati could not bear and she fell into the Havan Kund there.Lord Shankar came to find out about this, after which he reached there and took out the body of Mata Sati from Havan Kund and began doing Tandava, which caused upheaval in the entire universe. To save the entire universe from this disaster, Lord Vishnu divided the body of Mata Sati into 51 parts from his Sudarshan Chakra, the limb where it fell became the Shakti Peetha.
The "asti" (skeleton) of Mata Sati fell in the Kankali Tala Shakti Peeth. Right here Mata Sati is known as ‘Devagarbha’ and Lord Shiva as ‘Ruru’.
