Place · Shakta pitha · India
Panchsāgar
Where Sati's lower teeth fell. Identification contested, sometimes placed near Haridwar and sometimes in the Kumaon foothills. Reflects the network's fluid Himalayan geography and its overlap with the Char Dham circuit, tying Shakta pilgrimage into the Uttarakhand mountain landscape alongside Yamunotri, Gangotri, Kedarnath and Badrinath.
- Periods
- Classical and Puranic Age, Republic and Living Practice
- Function
- Sacred site & pilgrimage
- Tradition
- Shakta pitha tradition; Tantra Chudamani / Devi Bhagavata enumeration
- Confidence
- Qualified / contested
- Location
- 29.946, 78.164
Worth knowing
Panchasagar is fascinating precisely because its location is uncertain. Different traditions and modern interpretations have proposed different places. This makes it a useful example of how Shakti Pitha geography evolved through textual transmission, regional traditions and pilgrimage practice rather than through one universally fixed map.
No settled location. The marker follows the commonest reading, near Haridwar; other lists place Panchsagar in the Kumaon foothills, and some leave it unidentified.
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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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