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Jwalamukhi (Kangra) - Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha


• Greatness:

Jwalamukhi (Shakti Peetha)
(Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)

- The temple can be visited from Kangra (35 km).

Dhauladhar Range
Kangra Valley
(Himachal Himalayas)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)


Jwalamukhi Temple Jwalamukhi Temple
Jwalamukhi

Devi: Devi abides in Jwalamukhi as Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha (identified with Jwalamukhi Temple).
- Jwalamukhi Temple

ज्वालामुख्यां तथा जिह्वा देव उन्मत्तभैरवः । अम्बिका सिद्धिदा नाम्नी स्तनं जालन्धरे मम ॥
भीषणो भैरवस्तत्र देवी त्रिपुरमालिनी ॥

- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verses 8 and 9 (Jwalamukhi has the Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha where the Jihvaa of Devi had fallen)


(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha where the Jihvaa (Tongue) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Siddhidaa and the Bhairava is called Unmatta.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 8)




• Places to See (Puranic Places mapping):

Presence of Devi in Jwalamukhi:
Devi Jwalamukhi temple, Kangra district, Himachal PradeshJwalamukhi Shakti Peetha: The Jihvaa (Tongue) of Devi had fallen here. The Devi is known as Siddhidaa and the Bhairava is called Unmatta.

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Devi Jwalamukhi Temple, Kangra Devi Jwalamukhi Temple, KangraKangra Jwalamukhi - Devi Jwalamukhi Temple
(Kangra district, Himachal Pradesh)

Kangra Devi Jwalamukhi Temple is identified with the Jwalamukhi Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.



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