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Gayatri hill (Puruhuta), Pushkar, Ajmer, Rajasthan · 26.4736°, 74.5514°
One of the 51 Shakta pithas, standing at the foot of Gayatri hill (Puruhuta) beside Pushkar, roughly 11 km north-west of Ajmer. It is venerated as the place where the wrists of Sati came to rest.
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.
When Vishnu's discus scattered Sati's body across the subcontinent to end Shiva's grief, her wrists (manibandh) fell on this hill.
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coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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