Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple
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Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple
Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple is a famous Hindu temple in Bangladesh, dedicated to the goddess Kali. The temple is located in Ishwaripur, a village in Shyamnagar upazila of Satkhira. The name “Jeshoreshwari” means “Goddess of Jeshore”.
Jeshoreshwari is regarded as one of the 51 Peeth of Sati, according to the belief, it is where the various parts of Sati’s body are said to have fallen. Jeshoreshwari represents the site where the palm of Sati fell.
There are 51 Shakti Peeth located all around South Asia. Each temple have shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava, The Shakti of this shrine is addressed as Jeshoreshwari and Bhairava as Chanda.
A big rectangular covered platform known as Natmondir was built close to the main temple, from which the goddess’s visage can be visible. Laxman Sen renovated it in the late 13th century.
Here the shape of the Goddess’s palm is considered essential and is believed to have the power of the Goddess. It is considered the hand of the Goddess herself, which holds immense spiritual power. The Goddess removes all her devotees’ fears, and she is in the Abhaya mudra.
It is believed to have created by a brahman named Anari. He created a 100-door temple for the Jeshoreshwari Peeth. But the timeline is not to be known. Later it has been renovated by Lakshman Sen and Pratapaditya in their reigning periods.
Legend says that the General of Maharaja Pratapaditya discovered a luminant ray of light coming from the bushes, and came upon a piece of stone carved in the form of a human palm. Later, Pratapaditya started worshiping Kali, building the Jeshoreshwari Kali Temple. As to be the “Goddess of Jessore”, it was named after Jessore.From then on, the name of this village was Jossoreshwaripur, but now it is Ishwaripur.
Every year the devotees participate in the Kali Puja, which occurs in the months of Navratri in the Ashwija month.At the centre of the festival, Goddess Jessoreswari adorns herself with various ornaments and blesses the devotees.
