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The Story Of Sati Devi Temples
You may have heard of Sati, Lord Shiva's first consort. But Sati Devi temples are not very much heard of. That is because, the Sati Devi temples are better known as Shakti Peethas. Yes, the temples of the Shakti Peethas are actually dedicated to Devi Sati who was an avatar of the Goddess Adishakti (created with the powers of all the Hindu Gods).
There is an interesting story behind the Sati Devi temples that makes them very special. The roots of this story take us back to the mythical times when the Gods communicated directly with human beings.
Lord Shiva was an ascetic God who never intended to marry. It was important for Shiva to wed and have a family life. That is why, Lord Brahma asked Adishakti to be born as a daughter in the house King Daksha Prajapati. Daksha was Brahma's son and thus, thought of himself as a demi-god. He was unaware that his daughter was a goddess in her own right and would eventually wed Lord Shiva.
Devi
Sati
went
through
deep
penance
to
please
Lord
Shiva
and
have
her
as
her
husband.
In
the
end,
Shiva
relented
and
agreed.
Sati
and
Shiva
were
married
against
the
wishes
of
Daksha.
But
the
human
form
of
Sati
always
pinned
for
her
father's
acceptance.
So
one
day
when
Daksha
organised
a
grand
yagna,
Sati
pleaded
with
Lord
Shiva
to
accompany
her
to
her
father's
place.
Shiva
refused
and
the
couple
had
a
fight.
Devi
Sati
attended
the
yagna
against
her
husband's
will.
But
at
the
yagna,
Dakshya
humiliated
his
daughter
and
Lord
Shiva.
An
angry
Sati
flung
herself
into
the
ritual
fire
and
burned
to
death.
Shiva went berserk with grief and rage upon hearing of Sati's death. He picked up the charred body of Devi Sati and started to dance the Tandav (dance of destruction). There was only one way to save the earth from distruction and that was to destroy Sati's body. So Lord Vishnu cut Sati's body with his chakra into 51 parts.
As Shiva continued to dance, the 51 pieces of Sati's body feel at the 51 different locations. Today we know these places as the 51 Shakti Peethas or Sati Devi temples. Different Sati Devi temples have different deities. In some temples, Shakti is worshipped as Kali, in some places as Gowri and so on. But every temple has a physical part of the living goddess in its ‘garva griha' or sanctum.
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