| Temples & Legends of Assam |
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| Temples & Legends Of India |
TEMPLES IN KAMRUP DISTRICT |
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| The places where
pieces of Sati’s body fell are said to have become pithas i.e., sacred places for
worship of the goddess in her different forms and as much of the eastern land as was
covered by wandering Siva with Sati’s body on his shoulder should be regarded as
sacrificial land (Yajnodaka desah). The early Puranas and the Tantras, how ever, make
mention only of the four important pithas (catus pitha). For example,’ the Buddhist
work the Hevajra Tantra, a fairly early work of the 8th century A.D. mentions (1) Jalandhara, (2) Odiyana, (3) Purnagiri and (4) Kamarupa. The Kalika Purana also refers to this traditional list of catus pitha, namely, (i) Odra, seat of goddess Katyayani and Jagannatha, in the west, (ii) Jala saila, seat of the goddess Candi and God Mahadeva, in the north, (iii) Purna or Purnasaila (Purnagiri), seat of goddess Purnesvari and god Mahanatha, in the south, and (iv) Kamarupa, seat of Kamesvari and Kamesvara, in the east.
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