Sree Kanyakumari Bhagavathy Amman Shakti Peeth Temple, Kanyakumari, Tamilnadu (Kanyakumari)

India / Tamil Nadu / Kanniyakumari / Kanyakumari
 temple, Shakti Peeth
Akshara SkPT018 a - Sree Bagawathi amman temple, Kanyakumari is 18a Akshara Shakthi Peeth Temple.Kanyakumari an unmarried girl who killed the baanasur gives great dharshan at the south end of the baratha kanda,where the back bone/spine of the sathi devi fell down.This denotes the kundalini shakti.So it is must to worship the Sree (Kundalini) Vinayagar at the entrance of the temple.The result dhyaan here Swamy Vivekanad get ignited the moolatharic shakti and gave his famous speech.Both Badhrakali amman and this temple are believed for this shakthi peet.
Body Part(Anga) - Spine/Back bone. Anga Devi - Bagavati/badhrakali. Akshsra - kam/kham. Akshara devi - Khanditha/kathyayini. Bairav - NImisha bairav, bairava shakthi is known as Sarvaani here. Sakthi Peetam - Kumai/Kanya Peetam. Lalitha Sahasranamam - "Moolaathaaraika nilayaa" - "மூலாதாரைக நிலயா".
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Location: Temple is at the southern end of the Kanyakumari town Tamilnadu.
Arulmigu Bhagavathyamman Temple (Kanyakumari Temple) is one of the 52 Shakti Peethams. The presiding image is sported in standing posture with an Akshamala in her hands. There is an image of a lion in her pedestal indicating that she is the form of Durga. There is a four-pillar hall in the temple, each of which gives out sounds of Veena (a string instrument), Mrudanga (a percussion instrument), flute and Jalatharanga (porcelain instrument). The shrine is usually accessed through the western door. The eastern door is opened only on certain days of a year, as on the new moon days in the months of Thai, Aadi (Karkidaka) July, during Navaratri and in the month of Kaartikai. The temple is opened for darshan from 6.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. to 8.00 p.m. The rites and rituals of the temple are organized and classified according to Sankaracharya's treatise.
The puran/old litrature story dates back to the prehistoric Tamil period. Bana, an "asura" by birth was the ruler of his land. He was a very powerful king. He practiced tapasya and obtained a boon from Lord Brahma that his death will only be by an adolescent virgin girl. With this powerful boon, he became fearless and wreaked havoc on the entire world. He went on to conquer and oust ''Lord Indra'' from his throne. He banished all the ''devas’'' from there. The devas’ who were the personification of the basic natural elements, Agni (fire), Varuna (water), Vayu (air) went uncoordinated and havoc spread in the universe, because Indra (ether) was not able to administer and coordinate the "Pancha bootha".
It is believed that Bhagavathy, the unbiased Prakriti, can only bring order because she is the nature within which everyone lives and hence is unbiased. Bhagavathy manifested herself in the southern tip of the Aryavartha, to kill Bana and recur the balance of nature. As an adolescent girl, she had immense devotion towards Lord Shiva. The Lord decided to marry her. All arrangements were made for the marriage. Lord Shiva started the journey from Shuchindram for the marriage. The marriage muhurat (auspicious time) was in the Brahma muhurtam early in the morning. Narada made the sound of a cock sending wrong information that the Sun had already risen and the auspicious time passed. The marriage procession returned. Sage Narada realized Bana could only be killed by a virgin girl and thus interrupted Shiva’s marriage with Bhagavathy. Devi waited for the Lord and finally, she thought that she had been snubbed. With unbearable insult, pain, grief, and anger she destroyed everything she saw. She threw away all the food and broke her bangles. When she finally gained her composure she chooses to be a virgin forever and took to penance. Ages later Bana, tried to lure and approach the goddess without realizing who she was. The infuriated Bhagavathy, who was the Bhadrakali herself, slaughtered Bana at once. Moments before his death Bana realized that the one before him was Sakti, the Almighty itself. He prayed her to absolve him of his sins. Bhagavathy maintained her divine presence in the place, in the Devi Kanyakumari Temple.
Website: www.kanyakumaritemples.tnhrce.in/Kanyakumari/index.html
Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devi_Kanya_Kumari
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Coordinates:   8°4'45"N   77°33'3"E

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  • one of the shakthi ppet. Maa sati back fell here