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High medieval · Hindu · India
Chandrabadani Devi Temple
Tehri, Uttarakhand · 30.3044°, 78.6195°
Sati, worshipped through a Shri Yantra carved on stoneUndetermined—Shakti Peethadisputed
Contested attributions
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Shakti Peetha — The Chandrabadani Devi article, which carries an 'unreferenced' maintenance tag, describes the shrine as a Siddhpeeth where Sati's torso fell rather than as one of the 51, and it does not appear in Wikipedia's combined Shakta pithas table (as of 2026).source
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A Siddhpeeth on a Garhwal Himalayan ridge at about 2,277 m in Tehri district, where the goddess is worshipped not as an image but as a Shri Yantra carved into a flat stone. An annual fair is held in April.
Sthala katha — the traditional account
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The site is held to be where the torso of Sati fell as Shiva carried her body, her weapons scattering across the hill, which iron tridents at the shrine are said to recall.