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The 51 Shakti Peethas 42/51

Ratnavali Shakti Peetha

KumariUncertain: according to Sircar probably Khanakul-Krishnanagar, West Bengal (probable)

Also known as: Anandamayee temple, Khanakul-Krishnanagar

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Ratnavali Shakti Peetha: The 51 Shakti Peethas 42/51, Kumari, Uncertain: according to Sircar probably Khanakul-Krishnanagar, West Bengal (probable)
In short

Ratnavali is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas of the Pithanirnaya; by the text Sati’s right shoulder fell here, and the goddess is Kumari and the Bhairava Shiva. The historian D. C. Sircar takes it as probably Khanakul-Krishnanagar in Hooghly district, West Bengal, where West Bengal Tourism described the "Ratnavali Temple (Anandamayee Temple)" on the bank of the Ratnakar river.

Deity
Kumari
Tradition
Shakta
List
The 51 Shakti Peethas 42/51
Place
Uncertain: according to Sircar probably Khanakul-Krishnanagar, Hooghly district
State
West Bengal (probable)
Country
India

How to reach Ratnavali Shakti Peetha

  • According to West Bengal Tourism (2022), about 90 km from Kolkata.

Where the sources differ

  • Sircar’s identification is only "probable", and Wikidata has no coordinates for the temple, so no map is 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 Ratnavali Shakti Peetha?

By the Pithanirnaya, the right shoulder; the goddess is Kumari and the Bhairava Shiva.

Where is Ratnavali Shakti Peetha?

Ratnavali Shakti Peetha is in Uncertain: according to Sircar probably Khanakul-Krishnanagar, Hooghly district, West Bengal (probable).

Which lists of tirthas include Ratnavali Shakti Peetha?

The 51 Shakti Peethas (number 42 of 51 in the list).

How to reach Ratnavali Shakti Peetha?

According to West Bengal Tourism (2022), about 90 km from Kolkata.

Sources

  1. 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. 56 (archive.org)
  2. Vachaspatyam (Taranatha Tarkavachaspati), "pitha": the list of pithas quoted from the Tantrachudamani (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries, sanskrit-lexicon.uni-koeln.de)
  3. West Bengal Tourism (wbtourism.gov.in), "Ratnavali Temple (Anandamayee Temple)", Shakti Peeth section (Wayback Machine copy of 26 November 2022: web.archive.org/web/20221126000319/https://www.wbtourism.gov.in/destination/ratnavali_temple; the page is no longer on the site)

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