Home›Hindu (Shakta) Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedSites of the worship of the Goddess, above all the shakta pithas, places sanctified in myth by the fall of a part of the Goddess's body. The number of pithas is not fixed: the lists give four, eighteen, fifty-one or one hundred and eight, and the same place is claimed by more than one list, so no closed set can honestly be stated. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreHindu Shakta sacred sites This small group gathers a sacred site of the Shakta tradition of Hinduism, the worship of the Goddess (Devi, Shakti), whose great pilgrimage centres include the shakta pithas, places sanctified in myth by the fall of the Goddess's body. The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its association with the Goddess and its place in Shakta pilgrimage.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll1,200,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll1,200,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin PeriodAllNo founding event (1)Origin Period End YearAll500 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll1500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllPartly restricted: some elements are closed to outsiders (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllMonistic: one ultimate reality behind all appearance (1)Panentheistic: the divine both within the world and beyond it (1)Polytheistic: many gods (1)Show ResultsHinduismTradition2 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Hindu Goddesses: Visions of the Divine Feminine in the Hindu Religious Traditiontier 1David R. Kinsley, University of California Press, 1988View the SourceDivinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.