Dantewada Shaktipeeth: Know interesting secrets about 610 years old tradition of Shaktipeeth

It is said that the teeth of Mother Sati had fallen in Dantewada. That's why her name was Danteshwari. Usually only two Navratras are celebrated in temples, but in this temple situated on the banks of river Shankhni-Dankani, besides Chaitra and Shardiya Navratras, a fair is also held on Falgun Navratras.

Danteshwari Bhavani, one of the 52 Shaktipeeths of Maa Bhagwati, will take out a grand procession on the occasion of Durgashtami today. Maa Bhagwati will come out of her 1000 year old temple and ride on a chariot and tour the city. This temple of Mata is in Dantewada of Chhattisgarh. It is said that the mother's teeth had fallen here. Hence Bhavani's name also became Danteshwari. Usually only two Navratras are celebrated in temples, butApart from Chaitra and Shardiya Navratri, a fair is also held in this temple on the banks of Shankhni-Dankani river. It is called Phagun Madai.

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By the way, people of Bastar have been considering Maa Danteshwari as a total deity since time immemorial. Here people do not do any legislation without the permission of the mother. But apart from Bastar, there is a lot of recognition of mother in Andhra Pradesh but also in Telangana. The head priest of the temple, Harendranath Jiya, cites mythological beliefsThat the body of Mother Sati was cut into 52 parts after being cut from the Sudarshan Chakra of Lord Vishnu, which had fallen at different places. Of these, the mother's teeth fell in Dantewada. Hence the name of this place and the temple.

He told that every year the members of Bastar Raj family come to invite the mother on Panchami of Shardiya Navratri to attend the Bastar Dussehra festival. This time also, the royal family has duly worshiped the mother on the day of Panchami and invited her to come to the Dussehra fair.On Ashtami, the mother will come out with a doli to bless her devotees.


Rani Prafulla Kumari built the temple
It is believed that the sanctum sanctorum of the mother's temple is centuries old. There has been no tampering with this sanctum so far. Although the outer parts of the temple were changed several times by the then kings at different times. The existing temple has been built by Rani Prafulla Kumari of Bastar. The temple has been constructed from the precious timber Sarai and Teak. There are two big idols on both sides outside the sanctum. It has four-armed idol of Bhairav Baba. It is said that he is the bodyguard of the mother. It is believed that it is necessary to visit Bhairav after seeing the mother.

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Temple can be reached via Jagdalpur
One has to go through Jagdalpur to reach Dantewada temple in Bastar district of Chhattisgarh. By the way, Mata's court is at a distance of about 400 km from Raipur by road.

Similarly, devotees from Hyderabad and Raipur can reach Jagdalpur by flight and then from there to Dantewada by road. Devotees from Odisha, Telangana, and Maharashtra can also reach Dantewada via Jagdalpur, Sukma in Telangana and Bijapur in Maharashtra.

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