page_title: Mahur, Maharashtra
section_title: The Renuka Devi Temple as a Shakti Peeth
hierarchical_section_title: Mahur, Maharashtra / The Renuka Devi Temple as a Shakti Peeth
caption_attribution_description: English: Shiva Carrying Sati on His Trident, circa 1800, India, Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, South Asia from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Painting; Watercolor, Opaque watercolor and gold on paper, 29.21 x 40.64 cm
context_page_description: Mahur or Mahurgad is a town and religious place in Nanded district of Maharashtra, India. Mahur is the birthplace of Hindu God Dattatreya. Dattatreya parents Atri Rishi and Sati Anasuya Mata lived here. Brahmadev, Vishnudev and Lord Shiva once got a news about Anusaya Mata that there is no one more pious and pure as her. To test her piousness they arrived under the garb of asking Alm. When she brought it, they asked to serve them while being naked, she realized by her power that she is under a test. She made a three-headed child for them and fed them. This child became Dattatreya, the unified God.
  There are three mountains in Mahur. The first one and most known is having Renuka Mata Temple, who is mother of the god Parshuram. Other two are called Datta Shikhar and Atri Anasuya Shikar Temple's. Mahur has a sacred temple to Renuka Mata, which is considered one of the three and half Shakti Peethas in the state. A big fair is held here every year on the occasion of Vijayadashami.
  Sahasrarjun attacked Renuka Devi while somewhere in today's Telangana, for he wanted to grab the sacred Kamdhenu cow — this cow has the divine power to fulfill wishes.
context_section_description: The temple is considered as a revered shrine for the Shaktism sect, because of the above told mythology and also because the Shrine is a Shakti Peetha. It is believed that Renuka Mata, (the wife of Sage Jamadagni) was decapitated by her own son Parashurama and her head fell here. Renuka was later given rebirth as a boon by Sage Jamadagni to his son Parashurama. The temple is considered as a Shakti Peetha because of the mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation.
  Shakti Peethas are Durga or Adiparashakti shrines that are believes to have enshrined with the presence of Shakti due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Lord Shiva carried it and wandered. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. The Shakti of Mahur is addressed as Renuka Devi. Most of the Shakti Peetha is associated with a Kalabhairava shrine.
caption: Shiva carrying the corpse of Sati Devi
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