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.
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 shrine is held to mark the spot where the navel of Sati fell as Shiva carried her body across the world.