There are total 51 Shakti Peeth out of which 48 are in India. There is a big dispute on some of the Shakti Peeth like some say that there are only 45 in India and some say 47 or 48. Here I have taken all the 48 I got on various websites. These Shakti Peeth were established on the locations wherever Goddess Sati's body parts were fallen. Each Shakti Peeth is related to one body part of the Goddess like, it is believed that tongue was fallen in Himachal Pradesh, spine in Kanyakumari, ears in Mysore and so on. THE MYTHOLOGICAL STORY BEHIND THE SHAKTI PEETH Prajapati Daksha had a daughter named Sati. From childhood she loved the stories of Lord Shiva, and when Sati got in the age of marriage she decided to marry Lord Shiva. Prajapati Daksha didn’t like that decision and he strongly opposed their marriage. Later on Prajapati Daksha held a massive Yagna where he invited everyone but not Lord Shiva. After hearing about this insult to her husband, Goddess Sati went to he...