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Kanyakumari Bhagavathy - Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha


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Kanyakumari (Shakti Peetha)
(Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu)

Sea Shore (Kanyakumari)
(Tamil Nadu Southern Tip Coast)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)


Kanyakumari Bhagavathy
Kanyakumari
Bhagavathy

Devi: Devi abides in Kanyakumari as Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha (identified with Kanyakumari Bhagavathy).
- Kanyakumari Bhagavathy Temple

कन्याश्रमे च पृष्ठं मे निमिषो भैरवस्तथा । सर्वाणी देवता तत्र कुरुक्षेत्रे च गुल्फतः ॥
स्थाणुर्नाम्ना च सावित्री देवता मणिवेदके । मणिबन्धे च गायत्री सर्वानन्दस्तु भैरवः ॥

- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verses 31 and 32 (Kanyakumari has the Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha where the Pristha of Devi had fallen)


(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha where the Pristha (Back) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Sarvani and the Bhairava is called Nimisha.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 31)




• Temples and Places:

Presence of Devi in Kanyakumari:
Devi Bhagavathy, Kanyakumari, Kanyakumari district, Tamil NaduKanyashrama Shakti Peetha: The Pristha (Back) of Devi had fallen here. The Devi is known as Sarvani and the Bhairava is called Nimisha.

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Devi Bhagavathy, Kanyakumari, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu Devi Bhagavathy temple, Kanyakumari, Kanyakumari district, Tamil NaduKanyakumari - Devi Bhagavathy Temple
(Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu)

Kanyakumari Devi Bhagavathy Temple is identified with the Kanyashrama Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.



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