Nandipur Shakti Peeth
Nandipur Shakti Peeth is considered one of the 51 ShaktiPeeths famous in Hinduism. This Shakti Peeth is located in Nandipur near Sainthia railway station in Virbhum district in the state of West Bengal. In this Shakti Peeth, Mata Nandini Devi is present in the kind of a giant rock, covered with vermilion in the shape of a tortoise. The mother is adorned with a silver crown and three gold eyes. Devotees of the mother tie red and yellow threads to fulfill their wishes.
According to the Puranas in Hinduism, wherever the body parts or ornaments of the goddess Sati fell, there they became Shakti Peeth. These Shakti Peeths are called very holy shrines, that are spread all over the Indian subcontinent. These Shakti Peeths are very important from a religious point of view. The Devipuran describes 51 Shakti Peeths.
Significance of Nandipur Shakti Peeth
The "necklace" (kanthar) of Mata Sati fell in Nandipur Shakti Peeth. Here Mata Sati is known as 'Nandini' and Lord Shiva as 'Nandikeshwar'.
Nandipur Shakti Peeth is one of the 51 Shakti Peeths. According to the Puranas of Hinduism, wherever the pieces of the part of Sati fell, the clothes or jewelery worn, Shakti Peeth came into existence. These are called holy places of pilgrimage. These pilgrimage spots are spread across the Indian subcontinent.
33 km from 'Bolpur' (Shanti Niketan) in West Bengal. Away from Sainthia railway junction, Agnikshok, a little distance away close to the railway line is the Devi temple under a vatavriksha, one of the 51 Shakti Peeths.
• "Kanthar" fell from the body of Goddess Sati here.
• Sati 'Nandini' and Shiva as 'Nandikeshwar' form the temple.
Nandipur Shakti Peeth Mythology
Nandipur Shakti Peeth is one of the 51 Shakti peeths. According to religious texts, parts of Goddess Sati fell at all these places. According to the legend, a yajna was organized by King Daksha, father-in-law of Lord Shiva, during which King Daksha didn't send invitations to Lord Shiva and Mother Sati as a result of King Daksha didn't consider Lord Shiva as his equal. There was a variety of insult to Lord Shiva on the place of sacrifice, which Mata Sati could not bear and she fell into the Havan Kund there.
Lord Shankar came to find out about this, after which he reached there and took out the body of Mata Sati from Havan Kund and began doing Tandava, which caused upheaval in the entire universe. To save the entire universe from this crisis, Lord Vishnu divided the body of Mata Sati into 51 parts from his Sudarshan Chakra, the limb where it fell became the Shakti peeth.
The "necklace" (kanthar) of Mata Sati fell in Nandipur Shakti Peeth. Here Mata Sati is known as 'Nandini' and Lord Shiva as 'Nandikeshwar'.
