Ekvīrā, Māhur

The Mahashakti Pitha at Mahur in Nanded district, Maharashtra, in the Marathwada hills, counted among the eighteen Maha Shakta Pithas as the site where Sati's right thigh fell. Mahur is one of the three-and-a-half Shakta seats (Saade-teen Peeth) of Maharashtra — Tuljapur, Mahur, Kolhapur and the half seat of Saptashringi — the Marathwada branch of the Pitha network. The Renuka Devi temple on the hilltop is paired with the Dattatreya shrine 5 kilometres away; local tradition identifies Renuka as the mother of Parashurama. The twin-peak temple-and-samadhi arrangement — goddess and renunciate avatar — is a distinctive Marathwada layout.