Bal Sundari Devi Temple Kashipur Uttarakhand

Bal Sundari Devi Temple is a famous temple located on the Kundeshwari route in Kashipur of Udham Singh Nagar district. Bal Sundari Devi Temple is also known as named of Chaiti Devi Temple. According to public recognition, those who are current pundits of this temple, their ancestors had come here in the time of Mughals and they established this temple of Ma Bal Sundari at this place. The then Mughal Emperor Aurangzeb also assisted in making this temple. This temple is one of the 51 Shaktipeethas. According to legend, once the goddess Sati's father Raja Daksh organized a grand yajna, in which he had invited all deities, except Lord Shiva. The yajna had the place of all the gods except Lord Shiva. Seeing this insult of Lord Shiva, Goddess Sati jumped into the yajna kund. Upon hearing the news of jumping in the yajna of Goddess Sati, Lord Shiva happened indignantly and cut off the head of King Daksh. Lord Shiva, while mourning, kept the body of Sati on the shoulder and began Taandav. All the gods began to urge Lord Vishnu to calm Lord Shiva. After that Lord Shiva raised the body of Goddess Sati on the shoulder and rotated in all four directions, During this, Lord Vishnu had split the body of Sati into 51 parts with his Sudarshan Chakra, where-where the Sati's limbs part fell, those places became Shaktipeeth. It is believed that the place where this temple stands today, there, the right arm of Goddess Sati had fallen. There is no idol of goddess Sati in this temple, but the shape of his right arm remains on a rock is made, which is worshipped here.