Biraja Temple, Jajpur – Religious
Significance
Sakthi Peeth:
The mythology of Daksha Yaga and
Sati's self-immolation is the main theme in the origin of Shakti Peethas. Shakti
Peethas are divine temples of Adi Parashakti. The cause of the
presence of Devi's
presence is due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi.
The seat (Peetha) part of Sati Devi's body is believed to have fallen here.
There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. This Temple
is considered as one of the 18 Maha Shakthi Peethas,
Tri Gaya Kshetrams:
Jajpur
is considered as the second of Tri Gaya Kshetrams of India.
1.
Siro Gaya (Head) also familiarly known as Gaya, Bihar
2.
Nabi Gaya (Navel), Jajipur, Odisha
3.
Pada Gaya (Feet), Pithapuram, East Godavari, Andhra
Pradesh
References in Tantra Texts:
The Brahmayamala
Tantra has a hymn, Aadya Stotra, dedicated to Shakti.
In the hymn, Vimala is the goddess of Puri and
Viraja (Girija) is the goddess worshiped in the Utkala
Kingdom, which became Odisha. According to the Tantra
Chudamani, Sati's navel fell in the Utkala Kingdom, also known as Viraja
kshetra. Adi Shankara, in his Ashtadasha
Shakti Peetha Stuti describes the goddess as Girija. In Tantra literature,
the Oddiyana Peetha is located in eastern India near the Vaitarani
River (an Oddiyana is an ornament worn by a woman around her
navel).
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