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कौन हैं 51 शक्तिपीठों के रक्षक 51 भैरव ? 99% हिन्दू नहीं जानते सच ! Protector of 51 Shakti Peethas
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The video presents the traditional belief that each of the 51 Shakti Peethas has an associated form of Shiva called a Bhairava, who serves as the sacred site’s guardian or protector.
It opens with the story of Sati’s death at Daksha’s sacrifice. According to the narration, Shiva became enraged, Veerabhadra destroyed the sacrifice, and Shiva wandered with Sati’s body. Vishnu then used his Sudarshan Chakra to divide the body into 51 parts. The places where they fell became Shakti Peethas, where Sati is worshipped in different forms.
Most of the video is a catalogue of the Peethas, their associated Bhairavas, and, in many cases, their locations. Although the video raises the question of which Bhairava is most powerful, it does not compare their relative power. The narrator also notes that some Peethas have disputed or varying locations. The names below follow the subtitles; some may be affected by auto-transcription errors.
The 51 Peethas and their Bhairavas
# Shakti Peetha Location given in the video Associated Bhairava 1 Hinglaj (rendered “Hilaj”) Balochistan, Pakistan Bhima Lochana 2 Shakare Karachi, Pakistan, according to the subtitles Krodhish 3 Sugandh Bangladesh Tryambaka 4 Amarnath Jammu and Kashmir Trisandeveshwar 5 Jwala Kangra, Himachal Pradesh Unmat 6 Jalandhar Punjab Bhishan 7 Ambaji Gujarat Batuk 8 Guheshvari Near Pashupatinath, Kathmandu, Nepal Kapali 9 Manas Near Mount Kailash and Lake Manasarovar, Tibet Amar 10 Utkal Associated with Odisha Jagannath 11 Gandaki Nepal Chakrapani 12 Bahula West Bengal Bhairava; no specific name is given in the subtitles 13 Ujjaini Bardhaman district, West Bengal Kapil 14 Tripura Sundari Tripura Tripureshwar 15 Chatal Chittagong region, Bangladesh Chandrashekhar 16 Tristota Near the Teesta River, West Bengal Amber 17 Kamakhya Guwahati, Assam Umananda 18 Yugada Kolkata, West Bengal No further details or Bhairava name given in the subtitles 19 Kalighat Kolkata, West Bengal Nakuleshwar 20 Prayag Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh Bhava 21 Jayanti Jayanti Hills, Meghalaya Kramvar 22 Kirit Murshidabad region, West Bengal Sanvarta 23 Manikarnika Kashi/Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Kaal Bhairav 24 Kanyashram Tamil Nadu Nimesh 25 Kurukshetra Haryana Sthanu 26 Manivedi Pushkar, Rajasthan Sarvananda 27 Trisail South India Sundarananda 28 Kanchi Kanchipuram Bhairava; no specific name is given in the subtitles 29 Kama Madhava Location varies by tradition Asitang 30 Shan Associated with Amarkantak, Madhya Pradesh Bhadrasen 31 Ramgiri Linked to places including Chitrakoot and Maihar Chand 32 Katyayani Vrindavan–Mathura region, Uttar Pradesh Bhutesh 33 Suchindram Tamil Nadu Sanghar 34 Panchsagar Location described as uncertain Maharudra 35 Karatoya Ghat Bangladesh Vaman 36 Srisailam Andhra Pradesh Shranak 37 Vibha Tamluk region, West Bengal Kapal 38 Chandrabhaga Prabhas/Junagadh region, Gujarat Vakratunda 39 Bhairav Parvat Associated with either Gujarat or near Ujjain, depending on tradition Lambkarna 40 Janasthan Nashik–Panchavati region, Maharashtra Vikrit 41 Godavari Coast Andhra Pradesh Vatsana 42 Virat Rajasthan Amriteshwar 43 Mithila India–Nepal border region Mahodar 44 Ratnavali Exact location varies by tradition Shiva 45 Nalhati Birbhum district, West Bengal Yogesh 46 Vaidyanath Deoghar, Jharkhand Vaidyanath 47 Vakreswar West Bengal Vakra 48 Yogeshwari Khulna district, Bangladesh Chandrabhairava 49 Phulra West Bengal Vishesh 50 Nandipur West Bengal Nandikeshvara 51 Indrakshi Trincomalee, Sri Lanka RaksheshwarThe video closes by inviting viewers to comment on whether they knew about the tradition and to like, subscribe to, and share the channel’s videos.
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- One unnamed narrator/voice-over, speaking for the Mysterious Hindu channel.
- No interviewees or other speakers are evident in the subtitles.
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