कांची शक्तिपीठ

kaanchi shaktipith
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varnan	tamilanadu sthit 'kaanchi shaktipith' bharatavarsh ke ajnat 108 evan jnat 51 pithoan mean se ek hai. isaka hindoo dharm mean b da hi mahattv hai.
sthan	kaanchi, tamilanadu
devi-devata	shakti 'devagarbha' tatha bhairav 'ruru'.
sanbandhit lekh	shaktipith, sati
pauranik manyata	manyatanusar yah mana jata hai ki is sthan par devi sati ka 'kankal' gira tha.
any janakari	kaanchi shaktipith dakshin bharat ka sarvapradhan shaktipith hai.

kaanchi shaktipith 51 shaktipithoan mean se ek hai. hindoo dharm ke puranoan ke anusar jahaan-jahaan sati ke aang ke tuk de, dharan kie vastr ya abhooshan gire, vahaan-vahaan shaktipith astitv mean aye. ye atyant pavan tirthasthan kahalaye. ye tirth poore bharatiy upamahadvip par phaile hue haian. devipuran mean 51 shaktipithoan ka varnan hai.

mandir

yah shaktipith tamilanadu rajy ke kaanchipuram nagar mean sthit hai. yahaan devi ka kankal gira tha. shakti 'devagarbha' tatha bhairav 'ruru' haian. yahaan devi kamakshi ka bhavy vishal mandir hai, jisamean tripur suandari ki pratimoorti kamakshi devi ki pratima hai. yah dakshin bharat ka sarvapradhan shaktipith hai. kaanchi ke tin bhag haian-

1. shivakaanchi
2. vishnukaanchi
3. jainakaanchi

ye tinoan alag nahian haian. shivakaanchi nagar ka b da bhag hai, jo steshan se lagabhag-2 kilomitar hai.

pauranik manyataean

kamakshi devi ko 'kamakoti' bhi kaha jata hai tatha manyata hai ki yah mandir shankarachary dvara nirmit hai. devi kamakshi ke netr itane kamaniy ya suandar haian ki unhean kamakshi sanjna di gee. vastutah kamakshi mean matr kamaniy ya kamyata hi nahian, varanh kuchh bijaksharoan ka yaantrik mahattv bhi hai. 'k' kar brahma ka, 'a' kar vishnu ka, 'm' kar maheshvar ka vachak hai. isilie kamakshi ke tin netr tridevoan ke pratiroop haian. soory-chandr unake pradhan netr haian, agni unake bhal par chinmay jyoti se prajjvalit tritiy netr hai. kamakshi mean ek aur samanjasy hai 'ka' sarasvati ka. 'maan' mahalakshmi ka dyotak hai. is prakar kamakshi ke nam mean sarasvati tatha lakshmi ka yugal-bhav samahit hai. shankarachary ne-

sudha sindhormadhye sur virativati parivrittan manidvipe nipopapavanavati chiantamani grihe. shivakare manche paryank nilayaan bhajanti tvaan dhanyaah katichan chidanand laharamh॥

kahate hue unhean sudha sagar ke bich parijat van mean manidvip vasini shivakar shaiyya par param shiv ke sath paramanand ki anubhooti karane vali kaha hai.

pratimaean

kamakshi devi tripur suandari ki pratimoorti haian. ekamreshvar mandir ke garbhagrih mean kamakshi ki suandar pratima hai. parisar mean hi annapoorna tatha sharada ke bhi mandir haian. ek sthan par shankarachary ki bhi moorti hai. mandir ke dvar par kamakoti yantr mean 'adyalakshmi', 'vishalakshi', 'santanalakshmi', 'saubhagyalakshmi', 'dhanalakshmi', 'viryalakshmi', 'vijayalakshmi', 'dhanyalakshmi' ka nyas kiya gaya hai tatha parisar mean ek sarovar hai. mandir ke dvar par shri roopalakshmi sahit chor mahavishnu tatha mandir ke adhidevata shri mahashasta ke vigrah haian, jinaki sankhya 100 ke lagabhag hai. mandir ka mukhy viman svarnapatroan se j da hua hai.

yatayat aur avas

• nivas hetu kaanchi mean anek dharmashalaean, laj, hotal adi maujood haian.
• kaanchi, chennee se 75 kilomitar door hai. yahaan ka najadiki viman sthan chennee hai. 'kaanchi', chennee, tirupati, baiangaloor se sidhe relamarg se ju da hua hai tatha s dak marg se bhi ju da hai.

panne ki pragati avastha

adhar

prarambhik

madhyamik

poornata

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