SHAKTI PEETHAS IN BANGLADESH

   SHAKTI PEETHAS IN BANGLADESH

HELLO FRIENDS,

I AM WRITING THIS BLOG AFTER I PERSONALLY VISITED THESE SHAKTI PEETHAS IN BANGLADESH. I FOUND OUT THAT MANY OF THE LOCATIONS OF SHAKTI PEETHAS GIVEN BY VARIOUS SITES ARE OUTDATED.SO I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE BETTER TO GIVE THE EXACT LOCATION OF THESE SHAKTI PEETHAS. 

THERE ARE IN TOTAL SIX SHAKTI PEETHAS IN BANGLADESH.BUT MANY PEOPLE ALSO REGARD GODDESS DHAKESHWARI AS SHAKTI PEETHA.SO IF WE INCLUDE DHAKESHWARI THEN THE COUNT GOES TO SEVEN.

BEFORE GOING TO THESE SHAKTI PEETHAS ONE MUST MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW BENGALI LANGUAGE OR THEY MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOME ONE KNOWING BENGALI, AS LANGUAGE IS A MAJOR BARRIER WHILE TRAVELLING IN BANGLADESH.

1.)JESSORESHWARI KALI TEMPLE

JESSORESHWARI KALI TEMPLE IS LOCATED IN ISHWARI PUR VILLAGE IN SHYAMNAGAR UPZILLA OF SATHKHIRA DISTRICT OF KHULNA DIVISION.
ACCORDING TO THE BELIEF IT IS THE PLACE WHERE PALM OF MATA SATI FELL.
ONE HAS TO TRAVEL FROM JESSORE TO SHYAMNAGAR VIA KALIGANJ BY BUS.GET DOWN AT SHYAMNAGAR AND TAKE ANOTHER BUS TO ISHWARIPUR.FROM ISHWARIPUR ONE CAN HIRE A CYCLE RICKSHAW OR TEMPO TO JESSORESHWARI KALI TEMPLE.
BEFORE 1971 PUJA WAS HELD DAILY IN THIS TEMPLE BUT AFTER WAR PUJA IS CARRIED OUT ONLY ON TUESDAY AND SATURDAY.

THE NAME OF BHAIRAV IS CHAND BHAIRAV WHICH LIES NEXT TO JESSORESHWARI KALI IDOL INSIDE THE TEMPLE.

JESSORESHWARI KALI TEMPLE

CHAND BHAIRAV

JESSORESHWARI KALI MATA 

2.)SUGANDHA KALI TEMPLE

SUGANDHA KALI TEMPLE IS LOCATED IN UTTAR SHIKARPUR VILLAGE ,UJIRPUR POLICE STATION,GAUR NADI THANA,DIST. BARISAL.
IT IS BELEIVED THAT NOSE OF MATA SATI FELL DOWN IN THIS PLACE.IT IS 20 Km. FROM BARISAL ON THE DHAKA-BARISAL HIGHWAY.
TO REACH THIS PLACE ONE HAS TO GET DOWN AT SHIKARPUR TOLL GATE.FROM THERE ONE CAN HIRE A CYCLE RICKSHAW TO REACH UJIRPUR KALI BARI (SUGANDHA KALI TEMPLE). 

THE NAME OF BAHIRAV IS TRAYAMBAK WHICH IS SITUATED IN THE ADJOINING TEMPLE WITHIN THE TEMPLE PREMISES.

SUGANDHA KALI MATA

SUGANDHA KALI TEMPLE

TRAYAMBAK BHAIRAV

3)APARNA KALI TEMPLE

THIS SHAKTI PEETHA IS LOCATED BHABANIPUR VILLAGE WHICH IS 28Kms. FROM SHERPUR,SHERPUR UPZILLA, BOGRA DISTRICT, RAJSHAHI   DIVISION.
THE PART OF SATI MATA'S BODY FELL AT BHABANIPUR COULD BE LEFT ANKLET(ORNAMENT),RIBS OF LEFT CHEST,RIGHT EYE,OR BEDDING(ACCORDING TO VARIOUS SOURCES).
DEVOTEES CAN GO TO BHABANIPUR FROM DHAKA VIA JAMUNA BRIDGE AND AFTER PASSING CHANDAIKONA IN SIRAJGANJ DISTRICT,THEY CAN REACH GHOGA BOT TOLA BUS STOPPAGE ON THE PANCHGARH BANGLABANDH HIGHWAY FROM WHERE THEY CAN REACH THE BHABANIPUR TEMPLE PREMISES BY AVAILING THEMSELVES OF VAN OR RICKSHAW.PILGRIMS FROM THE DISTRICTS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF BOGRA CAN REACH THE BHABANIPUR TEMPLE BY PASSING THROUGH SHERPUR,MIRZAPUR AND GHOGA BOT TOLA OF BOGRA DISTRICT.

THE NAME OF BHAIRAV IS VAMAN BHAIRAV(BAMESH BHAIRAB) WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE TEMPLE PREMISES. 

APARNA KALI MATA

BAMESH BHAIRAB(VAMAN BHAIRAV)

APARNA KALI TEMPLE(BHABANIPUR)

4)JAYANTI KALI TEMPLE

THIS SHAKTI PEETHA IS LOCATED IN BAURBHAG VILLAGE IN KANAIGHAT UPZILLA OF SYLHET DISTRICT.

IT IS BELEIVED THAT LEFT THIGH OF MATA SATI FELL IN THIS PLACE.

TO REACH THIS PLACE ONE HAS TO TAKE DHAKA SYLHET HIGHWAY GOING TOWARDS DAWKI BORDER.FROM DORBOST BUS STAND TAKE KANAIGHAT ROAD AND STOP AT CHATUL BAZAR.FROM CHATUL BAZAR DEVOTEES HAVE TO WALK FOR FURTHER 3KMS. THROUGH THE FIELDS AND MUDDY ROAD TO REACH BAURBHAG VILLAGE(JAYANTI KALI TEMPLE).THE TEMPLE IS ALSO KNOWN AS FALIZUR KALI BARI.

THE NAME OF BHAIRAV IS KRAMADISHWAR WHICH IS WITHIN THE TEMPLE.

JAYANTI KALI TEMPLE

JAYANTI KALI

ROAD TO JAYANTI KALI TEMPLE(BAURBHAG)

5)SHRI HATTA KALI TEMPLE

THIS SHAKTI PEETH IS LOCATED SOUTH OF SYLHET ABOUT 4Kms.FROM THE CITY IN A PLACE NAMED JOINPUR NEAR GOTATIKOR.(DAKSHIN SURMA- SURMA IS THE RIVER THAT FLOWS THROUGH SYLHET). SRI MAHALAKSHMI TEMPLE IS SITUATED AT THIS PLACE.
THERE IS NO IDOL AS SUCH BUT THE ROCK IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE PLACE WHERE NECK OF SATI MATA FELL.
THE NAME OF BHAIRAV IS SARVANAND WHICH IS NEARLY 1 Km. FROM THIS SHAKTI PEETH.

SHRI HATTA KALI (MAHALAKSHMI)

SHRI HATTA KALI (MAHALAKSHMI)

SARVANAND BHAIRAV

SARVANAND BHAIRAV TEMPLE

6)CHATTALA KALI TEMPLE

THIS SHAKTI PEETHA IS LOCATED IN SITAKUND UPZILLA OF CHITTAGONG DISTRICT.IT LIES AT THE FOOT OF CHANDRANATH HILL.

RIGHT ARM OF MATA SATI IS BELEIVED TO HAVE FALLEN HERE.

THE NAME OF BHAIRAV IS CHANDRANATH WHICH IS LOCATED ATOP THE HILL.

IT IS A VERY FAMOUS HINDU TEMPLE IN BANGLADESH.

CHANDRANATH HILL

CHANDRANATH BHAIRAV

CHANDRANATH TEMPLE

CHATTALA KALI TEMPLE

CHATTALA KALI 

7)DHAKESHWARI KALI TEMPLE
THIS TEMPLE IS LOCATED IN OLD DHAKA BEHIND THE CAMPUS OF BANGLADESH UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY,NEAR BAKSHI BAZAR,DHAKA.
IT IS A VERY FAMOUS HINDU TEMPLE IN BANGLADESH.
IT IS BELEIVED THAT CROWN JEWEL OF MATA SATI FELL OVER HERE.
BHAIRAV OF THIS SHAKTI PEETHA IS WITHIN THE PREMISES OF THE TEMPLE.
THERE ARE FOUR STRUCTURES DEDICATED TO BHAIRAV. 

DHAKESHWARI KALI MATA

BHAIRAV

DHAKESHWARI TEMPLE