4 Adi Shakti Peethas

In some of the great religious texts  like the Shiva Purana, the Devi Bhagavata, the Kalika Purana and the AstaShakti it was said as there are four major Shakti Pithas (centers), like Bimala (Pada Khanda) (inside the Jagannath temple of Puri, Orissa), Tara Tarini (Sthana Khanda,Purnagiri ,Breasts) (Near Berhampur, Orissa), Kamakhya (Yoni khanda) (Near Guwahati, Assam) and Dakhina Kalika (Mukha khanda) (Kolkata, West Bengal) originated from the limbs of the Corpse of Mata Sati in the Satya Yuga.

The Astashakti and Kalika Purana says (in Sanskrit):

"Bimala Pada khandancha,

Sthana khandancha Tarini (Tara Tarini),

Kamakshya Yoni khandancha,

Mukha khandancha Kalika (Dakshina Kalika)

Anga pratyanga sanghena

Vishnu Chakra Kshyta nacha"

Further explaining the importance of these four Pithas, the "Brihat Samhita" also gives the location of these Pithas as,

"Rushikulya* Tatae Devi, 

Tarakashya Mahagiri,

Tashya Srunga Stitha Tara

Vasishta Rajitapara"

*(Rushikulya is a holy river flowing on the foot hill of the Tara Tarini Hill Shrine).

Sl.No	Place	Body Part or Ornament	Shakti
1	In Puri, Orissa (inside Jagannath Temple complex)	Pada	Bimala
2	Near Berhampur-Orissa	Sthana khanda	Tara Tarini
3	Guwahati-Assam	Yoni khanda	Kamakshya
4	Kolkata- West Bengal	Mukha khanda	Dakshina Kalika