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Mata Purnagiri Devi Temple, Tanakpur, Champawat
Purnagiri Devi
According to an ancient legend, Daksha Prajapati organised a sacrificial
ceremony, for which he invited everybody except Lord Shiva. Parvati
on discovering that it was her father's trick to humiliate her husband
immolated herself in the sacrificial fire. While her husband carried
her body, the places where the parts of her body fell were recognized
as Shakti Peeth. The Shakti Peeth holds the prime position among
Malikagiri, Kalikagiri, and Himlagiri Peeths.
During Navratras, in the Chaitra month of the Indian calendar,
devotees in large number come here to have their wishes fulfilled.
After worshipping Mata Purnagiri, people also pay their tributes
to her loyal devotee Bada Sidth Nath at Brahmadev and Mahendra Nagar
in Nepal.
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