The eighteen Maha Shakti Pithas
Eighteen seats of the Goddess named in the Ashtadasha Shakti Pitha Stotra attributed to Adi Shankara.
The temples, in order
- Kamakshi Amman TempleKamakoti Pitham, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu
- Chamundeshwari TempleKrouncha Pitham, Mysore, Karnataka
- Jogulamba Temple, AlampurYogini Pitham, Alampur, Telangana
- Mallikarjuna Temple, SrisailamSrisaila Pitham, Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh
- Mahalakshmi Temple, KolhapurShri Pitham, Kolhapur, Maharashtra
- Mahakaleshwar JyotirlingaUjjaini Pitham, Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh
- Kukkuteswara TemplePushkarini Pitham, Pithapuram, Andhra Pradesh
- Biraja TempleOddyana Pitham, Jajpur, Odisha
- Kamakhya TempleKamarupa Pitham, North Guwahati, Assam
- Mangla Gauri TempleGaya Pitham, Gaya, Bihar
- Vishalakshi TempleVaranasi Pitham, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh
The list names 18 places; 11 are shown here. Not shown, because the list gives no temple with a known position in India for them: Koneswaram Temple, Bhavatārini Pitham, Renuka, Daksharama Pitham, Alopi Devi Mandir, Jwalamukhi Temple, Sharada Peeth.
Source for this list: Wikipedia, The eighteen Maha Shakti Pithas. We do not decide which temple is holy. A temple carries the gold teerth pin only when a named traditional circuit includes it, and each circuit page says where its list comes from. More circuits are being added.