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This picture is of Alop Shankar Shaktipeeth located in Prayagraj. Where people come from far and wide to see this cradle.
Shardiya Navratri, the festival of worship of Maa Durga, has started from today. After two years of corona epidemic, this time in Prayagraj too, the festival of worship of Goddess is celebrated, there is enthusiasm among the devotees. From the Shaktipeeth Alop Shankari to other Goddess temples, there is a huge crowd of devotees since morning. A large number of devotees are arriving to offer darshan and seek the blessings of the Mother Goddess.
Mother Sati’s finger had fallen here
Mahant Yamunapuri
Mahant Yamunapuri, secretary of Shri Panchayati Akhara Mahanirvani and manager of Shri Alop Shankari Shaktipeeth Temple, told that according to Skanda Purana, when Lord Shiva had cut the body of Sati with Sudarshan Chakra, the little finger of the right hand fell down and became invisible. Was. That is why this Shaktipeeth is called Alop Shankari.
The cradle is located in the sanctum sanctorum of the Alop Shankari temple.
According to the legend mentioned in the Purana, when the finger of the right hand of Shivpriya Sati fell here, then there used to be a pool here. The special thing is that there is no idol of Mother Goddess in this Shaktipeeth and devotees worship a cradle. Devotees who come from every corner of the country visit this cradle and worship it considering the divine form of the Mother Goddess.
Getting shaved here is considered auspicious, one gets lifelong progress
In the Alop Shankari temple, there was an influx of devotees since morning.
Today, on the first day of Navratri, the entire temple complex is beautifully decorated with this cradle in the sanctum sanctorum. Sandeep Soni, who came to visit with the family, says that the daughter is 6 months old, she did not have darshan, so today came here on the first day of Navratri.
Bhakt Sangeeta came to visit.
On the other hand, Sangeeta, who came from Maheva, said that a daughter was born with the blessings of her mother. Now he has come to see his mother. At the same time, Anita told that it is auspicious to shave in Alop Shankari temple. According to the tradition of the family, shaving is done here, so today the entire family members took the blessings of the mother after getting shaved.