Maa Tara Tarini temple on the Kumari hills at the bank
of the River Rushikulya near Berhampur city
in Ganjam District,Odisha, India is
worshiped as the Breast Shrine (Sthana
Peetha) and manifestations of Adi Shakti.
The Taratarini Shakti Peetha is one of the oldest pilgrimage centers of the
Mother Goddess and is one of four major ancient Tantra Peetha and Shakti
Peethas in India.
The mythological texts recognize four major Shakti
Peethas: Tara Tarini (Stana Khanda), near Berhampur; Bimala (Pada Khanda)
inside the Jagannath Temple (Puri); Kamakhya (Yoni
khanda), near Guwahati; and Dakshina Kalika (Mukha
khanda) in Kolkata.
There are 52 other sacred Shakti Peethas, which originated from the limbs of Mata Sati's
corpse in the Satya Yuga.
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