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Meghalaya Plateau and Mikir Hills


• Sacred Geography:

Jaintia Hills
Nartiang Durga (Shakti Peetha)



• Pilgrimages:

Meghalaya Plateau and Mikir Hills (Meghalaya):
- Nartiang Durga (Shakti Peetha)


Nartiang Durga (Shakti Peetha)
(West Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya)

- The temple can be visited from Jowai (27 km), Shillong (64 km) and Guwahati (175 km).

Jaintia Hills
(Meghalaya Plateau and Mikir Hills)

(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)


Nartiang Durga Temple

Devi: Devi abides in Nartiang as Jayanti Shakti Peetha (identified with Nartiang Durga).
- Nartiang Durga Temple

अङ्गुलीवृन्दं हस्तस्य प्रयागे ललिता भवः ।
जयन्त्यां वामजङ्घा च जयन्ती क्रमदीश्वरः ॥

- Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 28 (Nartiang has the Jayanti Shakti Peetha where the Vama Jangha of Devi had fallen)


(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra)

Jayanti Shakti Peetha: I meditate on the Jayanti Shakti Peetha where the Vama Jangha (Left Shank) of Devi had fallen. The Devi there is known as Jayanti and the Bhairava is called Kramadeeshwara.
(Peetha Nirnaya Tantra - Shakti Peetha Stotram - verse 28)



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