Place · Shakta pitha · India
Bahulā, Ketugram
Where Sati's left arm fell. At Ketugram on the Ajay river in Purba Bardhaman district, the goddess Bahula is worshipped. Its riverside location ties it into the Rarh region's devotional geography and to the wider Ajay-Damodar-Kopai river network shaping Birbhum and Bardhaman.
Shakti
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Tradition
- Shakta pitha tradition; Tantra Chudamani / Devi Bhagavata enumeration
- Confidence
- Mixed / layered — The place is documented; its associated historical or cultural record and its named tradition are distinct layers.
- Location
- 23.648, 87.939
Worth knowing
Bahula’s name is associated with a cow in regional sacred tradition, and the site is located near Ketugram in Bengal. The shrine is an example of how Shakti Pitha traditions are embedded within local folklore, village landscapes and animal symbolism rather than existing only within major urban pilgrimage centres.
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Sources
D.C. Sircar, The Śākta Pīṭhas (1948, rev. 1973), and the pīṭha lists of the Devī Bhāgavata and the Pīṭhanirṇaya.
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