Maa Tara Tarini Temple is located at top of Kumari hill on the bank of the river Rushikulya. It is just 7 km away from Purushottampur and 30km away from Berhampur. Maa Tara Tarini temple is known as one of the four Adi Shakti Peethas like Bimala (Pada Khanda, Inside Puri Jagannatha Temple), Tara Tarini (Stana Khanda, Breasts, Near Berhampur, Orissa), Kamakshi (Yoni Khanda, Near Guwahati, Assam) and Dakhina Kalika (Mukha Khanda, Kalighat, West Bengal) originated from the limbs of the Corpse of Mata Sati.
Every Tuesday of Chaitra month ( lunar calendar ) is considered to be scared and heavy rush will be there for darshan of goddess Tara Tarini. These months falls in the March / April months of English Calendar.
Tara Tarini temple is considered as one of the most revered Shakti Peethas & Tantra Peethas and major pilgrimage centres of Hinduism. The Goddess Tara and Tarini has been the presiding deity in every house of South Odisha, a statue with gold and silver ornaments. Two brass heads are placed between the idols of Goddess Tara and Tarini representing as their living image. Both the dieties are about 10 feet high made up of stones, ornamented with gold and silver which looks like human faces represents goddess Tara and Tarini.
Legend:
The mythology says that Lord Shiva had a dance of destruction (Rudra Tandava) carrying half burnt body of goddess Sati after goddess Sati’s self-immolation. To stop the dance of destruction performed by Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu threw his Chakra (Sudharshan Chakra) on Goddess Sati’s body which dismembered her body into 52 parts. Each body part or ornament of Goddess Sati that fell on different places of the earth, and is the places where the Adi Shakti temples are built. It is believed that the breast of Goddess Sati fell at the Kumari hills where the Tara Tarini Peetha is situated.
On Tuesday, the shrine remains open for the Darshan of the deities from 1.00 AM (mid-night on Monday) till 11 PM (of Tuesday). During that period, Pahada (daytime rest) of the deities is confined to night-time only. Special Khechedi Bhogh is offered to the devotees during Chaitra Parbha.
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Every Tuesday of Chaitra month ( lunar calendar ) is considered to be scared and heavy rush will be there for darshan of goddess Tara Tarini. These months falls in the March / April months of English Calendar.
Tara Tarini temple is considered as one of the most revered Shakti Peethas & Tantra Peethas and major pilgrimage centres of Hinduism. The Goddess Tara and Tarini has been the presiding deity in every house of South Odisha, a statue with gold and silver ornaments. Two brass heads are placed between the idols of Goddess Tara and Tarini representing as their living image. Both the dieties are about 10 feet high made up of stones, ornamented with gold and silver which looks like human faces represents goddess Tara and Tarini.
Legend:
The mythology says that Lord Shiva had a dance of destruction (Rudra Tandava) carrying half burnt body of goddess Sati after goddess Sati’s self-immolation. To stop the dance of destruction performed by Lord Shiva, Lord Vishnu threw his Chakra (Sudharshan Chakra) on Goddess Sati’s body which dismembered her body into 52 parts. Each body part or ornament of Goddess Sati that fell on different places of the earth, and is the places where the Adi Shakti temples are built. It is believed that the breast of Goddess Sati fell at the Kumari hills where the Tara Tarini Peetha is situated.
On Tuesday, the shrine remains open for the Darshan of the deities from 1.00 AM (mid-night on Monday) till 11 PM (of Tuesday). During that period, Pahada (daytime rest) of the deities is confined to night-time only. Special Khechedi Bhogh is offered to the devotees during Chaitra Parbha.
Additional info on http://mandirinfo.com/TempleDetails.aspx?HID=347
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