Kunjapuri Devi Temple Narendra Nagar Uttarakhand

Kunjapuri Devi Temple is a famous ancient temple located near Narendra Nagar of Tehri district. This famous ancient temple is about 10 km away from Narendra Nagar. Kunjapuri Devi temple is one of the 51 Shaktipeethas. This temple is situated at an elevation of about 1680 meters from the sea level. This temple has been constructed very beautifully. At the main entrance of the temple two idols of Goddess's vehicle "lion" and "elephant" have remained. There is no idol of Goddess installed in the sanctum of the temple, but a Shila form inside, Pindi is installed. There is a tree of "Sirohi" in the temple premises, on which the devotee makes a blessing from Goddess Mother by tying the Chuniya. 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 Goddess Sati's 'Kunj' part fell on this place, hence this place is called "Kunjapuri", which is why this temple was named "Kunjapuri Devi Temple".