Shrinkhala Devi, Pandua

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Shrinkhala

Pandua, Hooghly district, West Bengal · Shakta tradition

Shrinkhala is the third seat in the Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha Stotram, which names her at a place called Pradyumna.

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Directions

At the gate

Getting there
Train: Pundooah railway station, Howrah–Bardhaman main line

Not yet confirmed: darshan hours, dress code, phone rules, entry for visitors of other faiths, walking distance. Ask at the temple office or enquiry counter — and if you know, tell us. hello@aalayakatha.com

Full visiting details

Sthala purana

The story of this place

Family note: this story includes violence or death.
Told in: The Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha Stotram, set in the Sati story of the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 7, ch. 30

Shrinkhala at Pradyumna: a seat without a settled place

The Shakti Peethas share one story. In the Devi Bhagavata Purana, Sati, daughter of the Prajapati Daksha, is given to Shiva. Daksha later reviles Shiva, and Sati burns herself in a fire of yoga. Shiva destroys the sacrifice, lifts her body onto his neck and wanders through the world until Vishnu cuts it into pieces with his arrows. Each place where a piece falls becomes a seat of the goddess.

The Ashtadasa stotram names eighteen of those seats in order. After Shankari in Lanka and Kamakshi at Kanchi, the third line reads "Pradyumne Shrinkhala devi" — the goddess Shrinkhala, at Pradyumna. Shrinkhala means a chain.

That is the whole of the textual account. The hymn names the goddess and the place. It does not say where Pradyumna is, and it does not say which part of Sati's body fell there.

Everything after that is identification, and it is not settled. One identification, followed here, places Pradyumna at Pandua in the Hooghly district of West Bengal. The website that carries the stotram text places it in Gujarat instead. No reliable source has been found for either placement, and no standing shrine to Shrinkhala at Pandua — no temple, image or site of worship — has been found.

This page therefore describes a seat of the goddess named in a hymn, with its place left open. Read it as a marker for the third seat in the list rather than as a guide to a temple that can be visited.

Where this account comes from

  • Hymn: Aṣṭādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram, line beginning 'Pradyumne Śṛṅkhalā devī'. Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara; attribution unverified. hindupedia.com · seen 2026-10-09
  • Purana: Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 7, ch. 30, tr. Swami Vijnanananda sacred-texts.com

In one minute

Why Shrinkhala Devi, Pandua matters

Each line says who it comes from and how settled it is. What the labels mean

  1. Shrinkhala is the third seat in the Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha Stotram, which names her at a place called Pradyumna.

    Source for: Shrinkhala is the third seat in the Ashtadasa Shakti Peetha Stotram, which names
    • Hymn: Aṣṭādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram, line beginning 'Pradyumne Śṛṅkhalā devī'. Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara; attribution unverified. hindupedia.com · seen 2026-10-09

  2. Where Pradyumna is has not been settled. Pandua in Hooghly district is one identification; the website that carries the stotram text glosses Pradyumna as a place in Gujarat instead.

    Source for: Where Pradyumna is has not been settled. Pandua in Hooghly district is one ident
    • Hymn: Aṣṭādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram, as published on Hindupedia with a site table placing Pradyumna in Gujarat hindupedia.com · seen 2026-10-09

  3. No standing shrine to Shrinkhala at Pandua has been found in any reliable source.

Shilpa

When you visit, look for…

Architectural style not yet identified

No standing shrine to Shrinkhala at Pandua has been found, so there is no building to describe. Some secondary accounts claim a temple once stood at the site of the town's later Islamic monuments; none has been traced to a reliable source, and the claim is not treated here as fact.

We have not yet sourced a description of the building — what to look for and where to stand. Until we can cite one, this stays empty rather than guessed.

Yatra

Plan your visit

Darshan times

We could not confirm the opening times from the temple’s own notice, so we are not printing any. Please check with the temple office or the devasthanam before you travel.

Before you go

  • No shrine to Shrinkhala at Pandua is known from any reliable source. Confirm locally before travelling for darshan.

Walking, steps and access

We have not yet confirmed how much walking or climbing is involved, or whether there is wheelchair access. If you are travelling with elders, ask at the temple office or the devasthanam enquiry counter before you set out.

Getting there

  • By train: Pundooah railway station, Howrah–Bardhaman main line
  • By road: Pandua, on the Grand Trunk Road

Routes are general guidance and not yet checked against an official source.

PIN 712149 (not yet checked with India Post)

The order of darshan

No published source gives the order in which to visit the shrines here, so we have not invented one. Follow the queue and the temple staff.

Festivals

The temple’s festival calendar has not been sourced yet.

Itihasa

Through time

Two registers, kept apart on purpose: what the Puranas tell, and what the historical record shows. They answer different questions and we do not force them to agree.

In the Puranas and tradition

No events in this register have been sourced.

In the historical record

No dated history of this temple has been sourced yet — no inscription, survey or study we can cite.

Around here

Worth the detour

Nearby places have not been added yet.

Sources

Where this page comes from

  • Hymn: Aṣṭādaśa Śakti Pīṭha Stotram. Traditionally attributed to Adi Shankara; attribution unverified. hindupedia.com · seen 2026-10-09
  • Purana: Devi Bhagavata Purana, Book 7, ch. 30, tr. Swami Vijnanananda sacred-texts.com

Cite this page

Aalaya Katha Foundation, “Shrinkhala Devi, Pandua”, Aalaya Katha, version last reviewed 2026-10-09. https://www.aalayakatha.com/temple/shrinkhala-pandua (accessed ).

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