Tukreswari Temple
Hindu temple in Assam, India
26°02′58.4″N 90°37′55.9″E / 26.049556°N 90.632194°E / 26.049556; 90.632194Tukreswari Temple (also known as Tukreswari Devalaya) in Goalpara district, Assam is an ancient Hindu temple and is dedicated to Sati as Shakti Peetha. Shakti Peethas are shrines or divine places of Sati, believed to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati. It is believed that an enraged Shiva performed the Tandava dance with Sati's charred body, which led her body came apart and the pieces fell at different places on earth. As per religious faith a portion of Goddess Sati's body part fell in this place and therefore this temple is known as Tukreswari (Tukreswari is derived from the Assamese word Tukura which means fragment or piece).[1][2]
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Hindu Temples in Assam
- Basistha Temple
- Bhairabi Temple
- Dirgheshwari temple
- Da Parbatia
- Hatimura Temple
- Hayagriva Madhava Temple
- Jagannath Temple, Dibrugarh
- Kamakhya Temple
- Ketakeshwar Dewal
- Lankeshwar Temple
- Mahabhairav Temple
- Mahamaya Dham
- Navagraha temples
- Negheriting Shiva Doul
- Rangnath Dol
- Rudreswar Temple
- Sivadol
- Sukreswar Temple
- Tukreswari Temple
- Ugro Tara Temple
- Umananda Temple
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