SAVITHRI SHAKTI PEETH,KURUKSHETRA, HARYANA

Locality/village : Thanesar
State : Haryana
Country : India
Nearest City/Town : Kurukshetra

One among the 52 Shakti Peethas of Maa Sati, this beautiful Maa Bhagwati’s Temple/ Mandir lays in the opens and calm spiritual surroundings of the Dwaipayan Lake in Thanesar town of District Kurukshetra, Haryana. Maa Bhadrakali’s Shrine is one of the oldest temples of the Ferocious Goddess, Maa Kali.

Savithri Shakti Peeth temple is fully dedicated to Badrakhali, a stern form of Shakti. As per the famous Shiva-Sati story, it is alleged that the Right Ankle of Mata Sati fell here in a well in front of this temple. Presently a marble right ankle idol has been placed in front of Maa Kali’s main idol being worshipped by all. This Shaktipeeth is otherwise also refered as Savitripeeth, Devikoop, Kalikapeeth. Over here, Sati is called Savitri and Lord Shiva is called Sthanu Mahadev.

Thanesar is derived its name from the words “Sthaneshwar” which means “Place of God”. The consort of Savitri is called Sthanu. Hence, the city is called Sthaneswar or Thanesar.

Savithri Shakti Peeth temple is now a modern mortar contructed temple in a typical Hindu Mandir style with one main and 2 little shorter mounts. The main temple mount could be around 80-100 feet high. It is painted with beautiful white color on base and with red, orange, golden and black on top. The temple has a vast compound area. The main gate opens on a main road. Entering the temple compound, there is a straight 100 m approximate path to walk, where people even park their vehicles and a park on the right and open space on the left to that path. Moving further just before the main door of the temple, there is a prasad shop and a common hand wash area on the left. You can get horse idols and other prasad at this place to offer Maa Bhadrakali. Entering the main door of the temple there is a circular central well shaped area, where there is a beautiful lotus being constructed and horse idols on the peripheral. Across in front is the main temple room where Maa Bhadrakaali’s main idol is kept for worshipping and a metal idol of the right ankle of foot placed on the door in front as well. Devotees bow at in front of this idol and then take a Parikrama (circumambulation of shrines) of this temple room. Alongside the parikrama, you worship other God and Goddess idols situated around the main temple room including Maa Saraswati, Maa Gayatri and more.

Just right to the main temple room is the open hall created for satsang/ kirtans in front of Shri Hari and his most famous incarnation idols, i.e. Radha-Krishna and Siya-Ram. Thereafter on the left of the main Maa’s room there goes a stair to take you to the first floor of the temple, where you find more idols, including a Shiv Lingam, a Beautiful Idol of Lord Rudra carrying Maa Sati’s Abode and Lord Vishnu riding his Garuda with his Sudarshan Chakra depicting the event of the legend associated to the Shaktipeethas.