Kankalitala Temple is situated on the banks of Kopai river in the north-east of Bolpur (Shanti Niketan), in the Birbhum district of the state of West Bengal. The temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peeth of Goddess Sati, where the waist of Mother Sati fell. Kankalitala Temple is listed among the most prominent temples of Hinduism.
Goddess Sati is the presiding goddess of the temple. It is believed that, when Sati’s waist (Kankal in the Bengali language) fell at this place, it caused a depression in the earth, which was later filled with water, and a divine kund was formed.
Idols and Statues made up of stone, metal, or clay are not available in this temple. There is a framed painting depicting goddess Kali standing on the top of Lord Shiva. The divine energies of Goddess Sati and Lord Shiva are placed as ‘Devgarbha,’ and ‘Ruru,’ respectively in the temple.
