Hingul Shakti Peeth is located in Pakistan. It is said that the Brahm (forehead) fell at this place and as Satis forehead had Sindur (Hingol) the area is known as Hingol.Hingul Shakti Peeth is situated on Kanraj Mountain in the middle of Hingol National Park in Baluchistan district of Pakistan.
River Hingol flows nearby and the temple built at the edge of a small natural cave. There is a little pond (with very small fishes) near the Shrine where devotees take bath before darshan.
Originally the "temple was on open cave and it is still the same way but in recent times, some devotees have built a tile floor, a door, and a bell. The entrance to the cave is around 50 feet in height.
The shrine is called Mahal. According to the folklore it was constructed by demigods called Yakshas. The walls and roof of the cave are encrusted with colourful stones.
At the end of the cave is the sanctum which houses the holy relic decorated by red clothes and vermilion.The two large red stone represents Shaligrams and the Trident are for Mataji and Bhairvanath)
The nine days of Navratas are considered to be the most holy days for visiting and worshiping Maa Hinglaj. An annual four day pilgrimage is organised by Shri Hinglaj Seva Mandli during Navaratri (April).
Hinglaj Mata, also known as Hinglaj Devi, Hingula Devi and Nani Mandir, is a Hindu temple in Hinglaj, a town on the Makran coast in the Lasbela district of Balochistan, Pakistan, and is the middle of the Hingol National Park.
It is one of the Shakti Peethas of the goddess Sati. It is a form of Durga or Devi located in a mountain cavern on the banks of the Hingol River.
Sati's mind or brain fell here. Here Sati is called Bahirvee and Lord Shiva is called Bhimlochan. After entering into the cave, we can have a holy glimpse of Devi. This place is called Kottavisha Shaktipeeth.
According to Vrihvaivat Purana on the Ashtami of Shukla Paksha in the month of Ashwin. After darshan and fasting on this day, people get the opportunity regarding not taking birth again.
Hingol Shakti Peeth is considered supreme because Sati's head had fallen here. It is also considered to be the first of all shaktipeeths mentioned in Durga Saptshati and Markand puran.
In order to calm down Lord Shiva's anger and to stop his Tandava, Lord Vishnu had to cut Sati's dead body in pieces with his Sudarshan Chakra. These pieces fell at different places each of these places is worshiped as Shaktipeeth.
A part of Sati's head with its Hingul (Sindhoor, Vermillion) fell on the Kunraj hills and it was named as Hingul Parvat and the Peeth was known as Shri Hinglaj Mata Asthan.
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Do not perform Sastanga Pranama inside the Sanctum Sanctorum.
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