Temple of Shakti Peeth Maa Alopshankari
Mother’s 14th Shaktipeeth is located in Prayagraj, this is the place where the right hand paw of Mother Sati fell. There is a lot of devotees here in Navratri. Here the worship of the mother is done with the formless spirit.
Shardiya Navratri, the festival of worship of Mother Goddess, started from Thursday. In such a situation, there is a place in Prayagraj, where Alopi Bagh is located, of Shaktipeeth Maa Alopshankari Devi. This temple of Goddess Mata is very special because it is present in different places of the country. It is one of the 51 Shaktipeeths. According to the legend, the right hand paw of Mata Sati fell at this place. The biggest feature of this temple is that the formless worship of Mother is done here. Means to say that here the Mother Goddess is worshipped. There is no idol or idol but there is a pool where the mother’s hand fell and became invisible. Due to which the name of this temple was also named Alop Shankari Temple. Let us tell you that there is a platform in the main part of the temple. There is a pool in the middle of the platform, a swing on top of the pool and the swing is covered with chunari.
The priests of the temple tell that here the abode of the goddess is in the water and the swing is her form. Coconut water is offered in the kund present in the temple and the same is given as prasad to the devotees. Because there is no idol or idol of the mother in this temple, so during Navratri, there is no makeup here, but there are definitely lessons. It is believed that tying chunari or thread in the temple fulfills the vow. Along with this, the devotees who come here after worshiping, also circumambulate the temple.
This is the legend of the temple
When sage Narad Muni told Mother Sati that her father Prajapati Daksha was conducting a big yagya. So Mother Sati expressed her desire to go there to Lord Shiva but Lord Shiva refused saying that we have not been invited. Gaya. Mother Sati went to her father’s place even after Lord Shiva refused. There, because her father could not bear the humiliation of her husband, she jumped into the Yagya Kund and sacrificed her life. When Lord Shiva came to know about this, he took the burning body of Mother Sati in his lap. He started traveling in anger all over the world. During this, 51 organs of the mother had fallen at different places in the country and abroad. One of these places is also Alopi Bagh of Prayagraj. Where the paw of the right hand of the mother had fallen. This is the number 14 Shaktipeeth.
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