Chattal Shaktipeeth, Bangladesh
This Peetha of Chattal Shaktipeeth Devi is a Bhavani temple located on the Chandrasekhar mountain near Sitakund station from Chittagong in Bangladesh. There is also a temple of Chandrasekhar Shiva. There are also Sitakund, Vyasakund, Suryakund, Brahmakund, Barav Kund, Lavanaksha Tirtha, Sahastradhara, Janakoti Shiva close by. There is a continuous fire coming out of the Badav Kund. Sati's "right arm" was demolished here. The power here is "Bhavani" and Shiva "Chandrasekhar". Shivaratri holds a huge honest here.Chattal Shaktipeeth is considered one of the 51 Shaktipeeths famous in Hinduism. This Shaktipeeth is located on the Chandrasekhar mountain close to Sitakund station, about 38 km from Chittagong in present-day Bangladesh. Lavanaksha Tirtha Sahastradhara, Suryakund, Brahmkund, Sitakund, Vyasakund, Janakoti Shiva are situated close to Chattal Shaktipeeth.
According to the historical belief, wherever the body parts or ornaments of the goddess Sati fell down, there they became to Shaktipeeth. These Shaktipeeths are called very holy shrines, that are spread all over the Indian subcontinent. These Shaktipeeths are very important from a religious point of view. Devipurana describes 51 Shaktipeeths.
Significance of Chattal Shaktipeeth
Chattal Shaktipeeth is among the 51 Shaktipeeths. In response to the Puranas of Hinduism, wherever the pieces of the part of Sati, the clothes or jewelery worn, fell, there Shaktipeeth came into existence. These are known as holy places of pilgrimage.• This Peeth of the Goddess is a Bhavani temple located on the Chandrasekhar mountain near Sitakund station, 38 km from Chittagong in Bangladesh.
• There may be also a temple of Chandrashekhar Shiva at a height of 350 meters above sea level.
• Sati's "right arm" was demolished here.
• The power here is "Bhavani" and Shiva "Chandrasekhar".
• There are also Sitakund, Vyasakund, Suryakund, Brahmakund, Barav Kund, Lavanaksha Tirtha, Sahastradhara, Janakoti Shiva nearby.
• There is a continuous fire coming out of the Badav Kund.
• Shivaratri holds a huge fair here.
Chattal Shaktipeeth Mythology
Chattal Shaktipeeth is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths. According to the legend, King Daksha, father-in-law of Lord Shiva, had organized a yajna, through which King Daksha didn't ship invites to Lord Shiva and Mother Sati, as a result of Mother Sati found it very bad. She reached the yagna with out calling.There was a lot of insult to Lord Shiva at the place of sacrifice, which Mata Sati couldn't bear and she fell into the Havan Kund there. Lord Shankar came to know about this, after which he reached there and took out the physique of Mata Sati from Havan Kund and began doing Tandava, which induced upheaval in all the universe.
To avoid wasting all the universe from this disaster, Lord Vishnu divided the physique of Mata Sati into 51 parts from his Sudarshan Chakra, the limb where it fell became the Shakti Peetha. The "right arm" of Mata Sati fell in the Chattal Shaktipeeth. Here Mata Sati is named ‘Bhavani’ and Lord Shiva as ‘Chandrasekhar’.
