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High medieval · Hindu · India

Saptashrungi Temple

सप्तशृंगी देवी

Vani, Nashik, Maharashtra · 20.3903°, 73.9086°

Goddess Saptashrungi Nivasini (a form of Durga)Maratha (patronage)—Shakti Peetha
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded (approach steps built 1710)
Maratha (patronage)

History & significance

A hill shrine where the goddess is carved into a cave in a sheer rock face, counted among Maharashtra's three-and-a-half Shakta pithas and among the wider set of 51 Shakta pithas.

Sthala katha — the legend

The right arm of Sati is said to have fallen here as Shiva carried her body across the world.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Maratha (patronage)