Ketugram Bahula
• Devi: Devi abides in Ketugram as Bahula Shakti Peetha (identified with Ketugram Bahula).
- Ketugram Bahula Temple
बहुलायां वामबाहुर्बहुलाख्या च देवता । भीरुको भैरवस्तत्र सर्वसिद्धिप्रदायकः ॥
- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 15 (Ketugram has the Bahula Shakti Peetha where the Vama Bahu of Devi had fallen)
▬ Bahula Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Bahula Shakti Peetha where the Vama Bahu (Left Arm) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Bahula and the Bhairava is called Bhiruka. (Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 15)
• Temples and Places:
Presence of Devi in Ketugram:
• Bahula Shakti Peetha: The Vama Bahu (Left Arm) of Devi had fallen here. The Devi is known as Bahula and the Bhairava is called Bhiruka.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)
► Ketugram - Devi Bahula Temple (Bardhaman district, West Bengal)
Ketugram Devi Bahula Temple is identified with the Bahula Shakti Peetha mentioned in the Peetha Nirnaya Tantra.
The Image of Devi Bahula in the temple is quite old. Devi has four arms (with one arm broken). On the right side of Devi is eight-armed Ganesha, and on her left side is Devi Lakshmi. The Bhairava Bhiruka is not present in this temple. The Bhairava is present in a place called Srikhanda near Ketugram, where he is worshipped as Bhoothnath.
There is another temple of Devi in Ketugram known as Maraghat Mahapith. This is identified with another Shakti Peetha known as Bahulaakkhi (which is not within this 51 Shakti Peethas). There is no Image of Devi there. Devi is worshipped in Ghot (Kalasha or Pot). The Bhairava of Devi Bahulaakkhi is Mahakal who is present in that temple.
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