Savithri Shakti Peeth, Kurukshetra, Haryana

Savithri Shakti Peeth is located in the open and calm spiritual surroundings of the Dwaipayan Lake in Thanesar town of District Kurukshetra, Haryana. It is one among the 52 Shakti Peethas of Maa Sati. Maa Bhadrakali’s Temple is one of the oldest temples of the Ferocious Goddess, Maa Kali.

History

The chief legend of Savithri relates to the creation of the Shakti Peethas. Sati, the daughter of Prajapati Daksha, was married to the god Shiva versus his wishes. Daksha arranged a great yajna but did not invite Sati and also Shiva. Uninvited, Sati reached the yajna-site, where Daksha ignored Sati as well as Shiva.

Sati was not able to withstand this insult. So, Devi Sati gave her life by jumping into the fire of Havan organized by her father King Daksh. When Lord Shiva was running around the planet carrying her body that Lord Vishnu divided the body into 51 parts utilizing his Sudarshan chakra. Out of those 51 parts, from which the ‘Right Ankle’ of Sati fell to this place.

Kurukshetra where Maa’s Temple is located is primarily devoted to pind daan and the place where Lord Krishna explained the Geeta and where the terrific fight of Mahabharat happened. Just before going to the battle, the Pandavas with Lord Krishna is believed to have visited this temple and prayed for their success of Dharma over Adharma and then later on after their success presented Maa Kali a set of horses at this temple.

Importance

• As a result of this gesture, Devotees till date continue to present terracotta and metal horses in front of the deity and believe that it fulfills their wishes and desires.
• It is also believed that ‘mundan’ ceremony of Shri Krishna and Balaram was performed in this temple.

Architecture

• Savithri Shakti Peeth temple is now a modern mortar contructed temple in a common Hindu Mandir design with one primary and 2 little much shorter mounts. The main temple mount might be around 80-100 feet high. It is painted with stunning white color on base and with red, orange, black and golden on top. The temple has a large substance location.
• The main gate opens on a main road. Entering the temple compound, there is a straight 100 m approximate road to take a walk, where people even park their cars and a park on the right and open place on the left to that road.
• Moving even more simply prior to the primary door of the temple, there is a prasad store and a typical hand wash location on the. You can get horse idols and other prasad at this place to offer Maa Bhadrakali.

Festivals

• Navratri:  October and in Mar-Apr) the temple is adorned with different materials and lit up continuously for 9 days. 

Other Temple in Kurukshetra

• Brahma Sarovar Temple
• Shree Lakshmi Narayan Mandir
• Baba Kali Kamli Wale Ji Mandir
• Navagraha and Bhadrakali Temple
• Sthaneshwar Mahadev Temple
• Pracheen Mandir Chandrakoop
• Bhishma Narkatari Temple
• Birla Mandir
• Jyotisar Temple
• Pandava’s Haveli

How to Reach

• By Air: The Airports near Kurukshetra are at Delhi and it is about 160 km and another is Chandigarh.
• By Train: Bhadrakali temple is 3 Km away from Kurukshetra Railway Station.
• By Road: Thanesar (Sthaneshwar/ Kurukshetra) is 160 km from Delhi and 90 km from Chandigarh and It is at 6 km away from Pipli, an important road junction on the National highway No. 1.

Temple Timings

Summers	Winters
5:50 AM To 8:00 PM	6:15 AM To 7:30 PM

Temple Video and Images