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Shakti Peeth - Guheswari / Guheswori - Kathmandu

Guheswari is one of the most famous shakti-peeths of Nepal. A shakti-peeth is a place where a piece of the body of the Sati fell while Shiva was carrying her corpse arround the world.
Guheswari is very close to the famous Pashupatinath temple just a few hundred meters upstream the holy Bagmati River.


The Legend of the Shakti Peeths

The Legend of the Shakti Peeths.

The are several temples in Nepal that are known as Shakti Peeths. But was is a Shakti Peeth and where does it come from ?


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