Temples of Uttar Pradesh
3 temples, grouped by district.
Varanasi district
Shiva creates a city five kroshas across for Prakriti and Purusha to perform penance in. Vishnu's penance there fills the void with water, a jewel from his ear becomes Manikarnika, and Shiva holds the floating city…
- 9 · Dvadasa Jyotirlinga
In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Sati burns herself after Daksha reviles Shiva, and Shiva carries her body across the land until Vishnu cuts it apart with his arrows. In the Purana's list of the places where the pieces…
- 17 · Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha
Prayagraj district
Alopi Devi Temple, Prayagraj
अलोपी देवी मंदिर, प्रयागराज
Madhaveshwari (Alopi Devi) · Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Sati gives up her body after Daksha insults Shiva; Shiva carries it across the land until Vishnu cuts it apart, and each place where a part falls becomes a seat of the goddess. The…
- 14 · Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha