Tara and Tarini (Adi Shakti)Undetermined—Shakti Peethadisputed
Contested attributions
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Shakti Peetha — Tara Tarini is named as one of the four Adi Shakta pithas (breast) in Wikipedia's Shakta pithas article, where it appears at entry 54 of the combined table rather than within the first 51 (as of 2026).source
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined
History & significance
A hilltop shrine of the twin goddesses Tara and Tarini on the Kumari hills above the Rushikulya river, counted among the four principal Adi Shakti Pithas of India.
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.
It is said to mark the place where Sati's breasts fell.