What is the sthala katha — the legend — of Purnagiri Temple?

High medieval · Hindu · India

Purnagiri Temple

Tanakpur, Champawat, Uttarakhand · 28.9927°, 80.0702°

Maa Purnagiri, a form of SatiUndetermined—Shakti Peethadisputed

Contested attributions

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Shakti Peetha — The Purnagiri Temple article calls it one of the 108 Siddha Peeths and records two competing traditions for the body part - local belief that Sati's navel fell there against the Kalika Purana placing her arms and neck there - while Wikipedia's combined Shakta pithas table names 'Panchsagar Temple, Champawat' for that district instead (as of 2026). source

Sacred since

1000 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

dating unrecorded

Undetermined

History & significance

A Shakti Peeth on a hill near Tanakpur in Champawat district, at about 910 m, drawing thousands of pilgrims each year, above all during Chaitra Navratri in March and April.