The Shakti Pitha Connection

Bakreswar’s significance extends beyond the Shaivite tradition. It is revered as one of the 51 Shakti Pithas: sacred sites scattered across the Indian subcontinent where parts of the goddess Sati’s body are said to have fallen when Lord Vishnu used his Sudarshan Chakra to dismember her corpse and halt Shiva’s devastating dance of grief. At Bakreswar, it is believed that Sati's forehead and eyebrows, that portion between the eyes held to be the seat of the mind, landed here, making this a place of exceptional spiritual potency for devotees of both Shiva and Shakti.