Kashmir Sharada Peeth - An ancient pilgrimage of Devi Sharada (Saraswati)

► Kashmir Sharada Peeth (Ashta Dasha Shakti Peetha)
(PoK region, Jammu and Kashmir)

☗ Neelum Valley
(Kashmir Himalayas)

(Sharada Mahatmya)

• Saraswati: Devi Saraswati abides in Kashmir Sharada Peeth as Devi Sharada in the Neelam Valley of Kashmir Himalayas. Devi Sharada who embodies learning, beauty and arts was the presiding deity of Kashmir in ancient times. That is why Kashmir was known as Sharada Desha or Sharada Peetha.
- Kashmir Sharada Peeth

• Sages: Sages associated with Kashmir Sharada Peeth:

○ Shandilya: Sage Shandilya performed penance at Sharada Vana (in the upper Kishenganga valley of north Kashmir) and got the darshan of Devi Sharada.
- Kashmir Sharada Peeth

• Saints: Saints associated with Kashmir Sharada Peeth:

○ Adi Shankaracharya (788 - 820 CE?): Sri Adi Shankaracharya ascended the Sarvajna Peetham (Throne of Wisdom) in Kashmir Sharada Peeth.
- Kashmir Sharada Peeth


नमस्ते शारदे देवी काश्मीरपुरवासिनि
त्वामहं प्रार्थये नित्यं विद्यादानं च देहि मे ॥
- Namaste Sharade Devi (Devi Saraswati abides in Kashmira)


(Sharada Mahatmya)