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Shakti Peethas

Shrines of the goddess where, by tradition, parts of the body of Sati fell. Traditions count 51 or 52, and the lists differ; the English Wikipedia list followed here names 69 places from different traditions, in India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Tibet.

The temples, in order

The list names 69 places; 53 are shown here. Not shown, because our sources give no temple with a checked position for them: Bhabanipur Temple, Bogura, Mithila, near Janakpur, Mahamaya Temple, Kathmandu, Ratnavali Temple, Hooghly, Bhramari Devi Temple, Jalpaiguri, Holy stone shrine near Mansarovar Lake, Mount Kailash, Tibet, Manibandh Temple, Pushkar, Panchsagar Temple, Champawat, Chandrabhaga, near Somnath temple, Veraval, Narayani Temple, Suchindram, Ambika Shakta pitha, Bharatpur, Katyayini Shakta pitha, Vrindavan, Adi Kamakshi Amman Temple, Avanti Temple, Ujjain, Mahalakshmi Temple, Shri Shail, Sylhet, Harsiddhi Devi Mandir, Rangir.

Source for this list: Wikipedia, Shakti Peethas. 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.