One of the Shakti Peetas is Shakti Sugandha, where the Devi’s Nose had fallen.
This is one of the rare Temples where the Shadow of The Temple Falls on the River Sunanada .
Shiva is worshiped here as Triyambak,
Generally the Shadow of the temple is not expected to fall on running Water, according to the Agama Shastra.
The temple is in Bangladesh.
Legend:
Sati, was the first wife of Shiva as the first incarnation of Parvati. She was the daughter of King Daksha and Queen (the daughter of Brahma).
She committed self-immolation at the sacrificial fire of a yagna performed by her father Daksha as she felt seriously distraught by her father’s insult of her husband and also to her by not inviting both of them for the yagna.
Shiva was so grieved after hearing of the death of his wife that he danced around the world in a Tandav Nritya (“devastating penance” or dance of destruction) carrying Sati’s dead body over his shoulders.
Perturbed by this situation and in order to bring Shiv to a state of normalcy, it was then Vishnu who decided to used his Sudarshan Chakra (the rotating knife s carried on his finger tip).
He dismembered Sati’s body with the chakra into several pieces and wherever her body fell on the earth, the place was consecrated as a divine shrine oo Shakthi Peeth with deities of Sati (Parvati) and Shiva.
These locations have become famous pilgrimage places as Pithas or Shakthi Pithas, and are found scattered all over the subcontinent including Pakistan,Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal, apart from India.
Sati is also known as Devi or Shakthi, and with blessinggs of Vishnu she was reborn as the daughter of Himavat or Himalayas and hence named as Parvati (daughter of mountains).
She was born on the 14th day of the bright half of the month of Mrigashīrsha, which marks the Shivarathri (Shiva’s night) festival.[5]
How To reach:
Sugandha Shaktipeeth (Bengali: সুগন্ধা শক্তিপীঠ), a temple of the Goddess Sunanda, is located in the village of Shikarpur, 10 miles north of Barisal,
in Bangladesh.[1] This Hindu temple is one of the Shakti Peethas.
The Bhairav is Tryambak whose temple is in Ponabalia, located 5 miles south of Jhalkati rail station.
Ponabalia is under the village Shamrail situated on the bank of the river Sunanda.
The main festival is Shiva-Chaturdashi (on the 14th moon of March).
Indian Pilgrims may contact the travel gens in Kolkatta ,West Bengal and have the Darshan organised.
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