Sri Kalmadhav Temple, Madhya Pradesh

Address

Sri Kalmadhav Temple, Amarkantak Road, Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh 484886

Diety

Shakti: Kali Bhairava: Ashitanda Body part or ornament: Left buttock

Introduction

The Kalmadhav Temple Shakti Pith is located in Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh. The temple is dedicated to goddesh Sati Durga.KalmadhavaPeeth is among the 51 Shakti Peeth of Ma Sati.The most adapted view of Amarkantak, which is very close to Chitrakoot, is the originating point of River Narmada and is situated in Madhya Pradesh. Here the idols are named as “Kali” for Devi and “Ashitanda” for Bhairav.

Puranic Significance

Kalmadhav is known to be more than 6000-year-old and believed to be founded by SuryavanshiSamarat. The ancient temple boasts of fine ponds and kunds with the temple built of white rock.Amarkantak is said to be founded about 6,000 years back by the SuryavanshiSamratMandhata.. Best information about the origin and the formation of this temple, people can be taken from with local people. Religious books, Puransetc are worth trying to find out the history about the Shakti Peeth. ANOTHER STORY OF SATI: In Hindu mythology, the son of Brahma, King Prajapati Daksha had a daughter named Sati. Princess Sati grew up adoring the legends and tales of Shiva, and when finally her age of getting married came, she knew it was only the ascetic Lord Shiva of Kailash where her heart and soul resided. Soon enough, Daksha’s daughter left her father’s luxuries and palace and began her meditation to win Shiva’s heart. She performed intense penance in dense forests and renounced food completely. When she finally pleased Shiva through her austerities, the lord of Kailash appeared in front of her and agreed to marry her. The legend goes that Sati and Shiva were happy in their marital bliss, but their marriage had not gone down too well with King Daksha, who considered ascetic Shiva nothing short of an uncouth lad who lives a hermit’s life not worthy of his daughter. So when Daksha organized a great yajna, he invited all the deities, gods and sages–but consciously excluded his son-in-law Shiva to insult him. Hurt by her father’s decision, Sati decided to visit her father and demand the reason for not inviting them. When she entered Daksha’s palace, she was bombarded with insults directed towards the Shiva. Haughty and proud King Prajapati Daksha called him all sorts of names right from a dishevelled god who hung out in graveyard to the supposed ‘lord of the beasts’. Unable to bear anything against her husband, a devastated Goddess Sati threw herself in the glowing scared fire of yajna. When Shiva’s attendants informed him about the demise of his wife, he grew enraged and created Veerbhadra from a lock of his hair. Veerbhadra created havoc in Daksha’s palace and killed him. Meanwhile, mourning his beloved soulmate’s death, Shiva tenderly held Sati’s body and started his dance of destruction (taandav). To save the universe and bring back Shiva’s sanity, Lord Vishnu cut Sati’s lifeless body using Sudharshan Chakra into 51 pieces.History to this place dates back in the time when it is said that the Left Buttock of Maa Sati fell to this place. KalmadhavaPeeth is among the 51 Shakti Peeth of Ma Sati.