Place · Shakta pitha · Bangladesh
Jaintia
Where Sati's neck fell. At Jaipur or Jaintiapur in Sylhet district of Bangladesh, the goddess Mahalakshmi is worshipped, distinct from the more famous Srisailam in Andhra Pradesh. The site anchors the Sylhet-Meghalaya borderland Shakta network and the pitha system's spread into northeastern Bengal's hills.
Shakti
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Tradition
- Shakta pitha tradition; Tantra Chudamani / Devi Bhagavata enumeration
- Confidence
- Established / referenced
- Location
- 25.133, 92.117 (approximate)
On these journeys
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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