Juranpur Satipith And Temple Campus At Juranpur 02
Juranpur may refer to: *Juranpur Satipith, a Shakti Peetha in Nadia district, West Bengal, India *Juranpur, Nadia Juranpur is a village and a gram panchayat in the Kaliganj CD block in the Krishnanagar Sadar subdivision of the Nadia district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Juranpur is located at . Area overview Nadia district ...

Juranpur Satipith
Juranpur Satipith is one of the 51 Hindu holy places (Shakti Peetha) in India in the village of Juranpur, under Kaligunge CD Block in Nadia district of West Bengal. According to Hindu mythology the forehead of Goddess Sati was fallen in this place after Daksha Jagga. Juranpur is a place for Hindu pilgrimage. Here a stone is worshipped as Goddess Joy Durga which is placed under a big Banyan tree. By the side of the tree there is a small temple where God is worshipped in the name of Bhairav. Up to the early 19th century, this Pith was situated on the bank of the Bhagirathi River, opposite of Katwa but today the river flows about one kilometer west of the Pith. A fair is organized there every year in Magha Purnima. History In this Pith, an underground channel was previously connected to the river Bhagirathi where many saints and revolutionaries took shelter before independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and pop ...
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