Kankalitala is a temple town in the Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal. One of the Shakti Peethas where the waist (or kankal in Bengali) of Parvati fell, which is at present the Kankalitala town. Goddess Parvati is the presiding deity of the Kankalitala Temple.
Such is the prominence of this Temple that it forms a part of India's most important Hindu-pilgrimage circuit.
This is one of the Shakti Peethas where the waist (or kankal in Bengali) of Parvati fell, which is at present the Kankalitala town. Goddess Parvati is the presiding deity of the Kankalitala Temple.
Sati’s waist landed at Kankalitala. It created a depression in the earth, which later filled up with water and formed the sacred Kund. It is repeatedly told that the actual body part now lies underneath this water.
The mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation is the story of origin behind Shakti Peethas. Shakti Peethas are holy abode of Devi formed due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Shiva carried it and wandered through. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava. The Shakti of the temple is addressed as "Devgarbha" and the Bhairava as "Ruru". It is believed that Sati Devi's bones have fallen here.
