Early modern · Hindu · India

Chintpurni Temple

Chintpurni, Una district, Himachal Pradesh · 31.8086°, 76.1029°

Chhinnamastika, worshipped as Maa ChintpurniUndetermined—Shakti Peetha

Sacred since

1700 CE

first attestation / structure

Standing structure

c. 18th c.

Undetermined

History & significance

One of the five Shakta pithas of Himachal Pradesh and a major Devi pilgrimage centre in Una district, held to be the place where Sati's consciousness came to rest. The shrine also keeps Hindu genealogy registers for the families who visit it.

Sthala katha — the legend

When Vishnu cut Sati's burning body into fifty-one pieces to quiet Shiva's grief, her consciousness is believed to have descended at Chintpurni.

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Sources

Wikipedia

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined