India is a country with a diverse culture and deep religious sentiments. Temples in India are world famous for their grandeur and beauty. There are many shaktipeethas in India.
Shakti peeth meaning ‘ seat of power’ are places of worship dedicated to the Goddess shakti. There are 18, 51 , 52, 64, or 108 shakti peetha according to different Puranas. These shalktipeetha are named according to the numbers it holds, like , Adi shaktipeetha, astadasa shaktipeetha, or 51 shaktipeetha.
According to devi purana, the places where Devi Sati’s body parts fell on Earth is called shaktipeetha. 51 shaktipeeth have had special importance in Santan Dharma. According to Indian mythology and devi purana , after the death of Goddess sati, lord shiva became very angry and began to perform the tandava, a divine dance of distruction. To pacify shiva, lord Vishnu intervened and cut the body of sati with his sudarshan Chakra into 51 pieces, which then fell on earth creating shaktipeeth. These shrines are spread across the Indian subcontinent and are considered the most important pilgrimage sites for followers of Hinduism. But there are some in Nepal, seven in Bangladesh, in Pakistan , Tibet or China ,Sri lanka and Bhutan. The greatest number of shaktipeethas are present in west Bengal region. This book recounts a personal journey of discovery and salvation by an ardent devotee Aumshanthi. The religious journey of Aumshanthi covering 51 shaktipeetha situated different parts of the world.
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Aumshanthi
The journey is more important than the destination, without the destination there is no point of journey- Quote by Aumshanthi.
After completion of 12 jyotirlingas and chaar dham religious journey, and sharing her experiences through her book, Aumshanthi had decided to go for another spiritual journey. After experiencing the beneficial effects by herself, she didn’t want to keep the Aura it emanates all to herself but wanted her readers too get benefits as well.
Aumshanthi is passionate about travelling, photography and cooking but a yoga teacher, satvik food teacher an author and a philanthropist, a woman of many parts.
Her journey to 51 shaktpeethas was started from Bangalore in 2022 and completed in 2025 by publishing this book.Her journey in writing field was started in the year 2002 and will be continuing. It’s just the beginning of new journey.
Her motivation is Lord Krishna her mentor and the guru. She have gained the knowledge through Hindus Holy book the Bhagwad Gita reading it again and again.
