In short
Kalamadhava is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s hip fell here, and the goddess is Kali and the Bhairava Asitanga. Its place is not known today: the historian D. C. Sircar gives no identification.
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- Deity
- Kali
- Tradition
- Shakta
- Place
- Unknown
- State
- Unknown
- Country
- India
Where the sources differ
- The text has the hip falling in two places: here and at the next pitha, Shona.
- Some popular lists today link this pitha with a temple, but we found no official or scholarly source for it; so no temple and no map are given here.
- The count of pithas depends on the text: the Pithanirnaya lists 51, some Bengali lists 52, the Devi Bhagavata (7.30) gives 108 places with names of the goddess, and the early Tantras name only four (Sircar).
Frequently asked questions
Which limb of Sati fell at the Kalamadhava Shakti Peetha?
By the Pithanirnaya, the hip; the goddess is Kali and the Bhairava Asitanga. The place of the pitha is not known.
Where is Kalamadhava Shakti Peetha?
Kalamadhava Shakti Peetha is in Unknown, Unknown.
Which lists of tirthas include Kalamadhava Shakti Peetha?
The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 29 of 51 in the list).
Sources
- D. C. Sircar, The Śākta Pīṭhas (Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1948; Motilal Banarsidass, 1973): table of the Pithanirnaya pp. 35-37, note on this pitha p. 52 and index (archive.org)
- Vachaspatyam (Taranatha Tarkavachaspati), "pitha": the list of pithas quoted from the Tantrachudamani (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de)
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