The Shakti Peethas:
Sacred Seats of the Goddess
Discover the Shakti Peethas — the network of sacred shrines of the Goddess spread across the subcontinent, born from the ancient legend of Sati. Learn the story behind them, map their geography, and understand the significance of the major Peethas and their pilgrimage traditions.
📖 Course Overview
The Shakti Peethas are sacred shrines of the Goddess scattered across the Indian subcontinent and beyond — sites where, in the ancient legend, the body parts of Sati are said to have fallen as Shiva carried her in grief.
Traditionally counted as fifty-one (with four or eighteen principal Adi Shakti Peethas), each site has its own form of the Goddess and her guardian Bhairava, and its own history and significance. Together they form a sacred map of the land itself.
This course tells the story of Sati and Daksha’s yajna, explains how the Peethas came to be, journeys to the great shrines — Kamakhya, Kalighat, Jwalamukhi, Hinglaj and others — and explores what these sacred seats mean spiritually.
🎯 What You Will Learn
📚 Curriculum — 8 Weeks · 40 Lessons
👩🏫 Your Teacher
Dr. Parvati Menon
Dr. Parvati Menon studies the sacred geography of the subcontinent — the way stories, shrines and landscape weave together — with a special love for the Shakti Peethas. She combines textual study of the Puranas with an eye for the living traditions at each shrine. On Seva Dham’s Digital Gurukul she guides students on a journey across the Goddess’s sacred map.
📜 Your Certificate
Seva Dham Shakti Peetha Studies Certificate
Complete the course and final assessment to receive your digitally-signed certificate from Seva Dham Digital Gurukul, recognising a study of the Shakti Peethas and their significance.
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