Yugadya Shakti Peetha

Shaktipeeth Shri Jogadya Temple at Kshirgram is an important Goddess shrine in Purba Bardhaman, West Bengal. The deity is worshipped as Yugadya or Yogadya, and the temple is closely associated with the sacred landscape and ritual traditions of Kshirgram. Its different English spellings reflect Bengali and Sanskrit transliterations rather than separate goddesses or locations.

The Peetha is recorded as Yugadya, with Kshiragrama as the alternate geographical name. According to the tradition represented in this database, Sati’s right great toe, or dakshina-padangushtha, fell here. The Goddess is Yugadya, also written Yogadya, and the corresponding Bhairava is Kshirakhanda, with Kshirakantha appearing as a variant. Although spellings vary across sources, the identification of Kshirgram and the right-great-toe tradition is comparatively consistent.

Baisakhi Sankranti is especially associated with the shrine’s annual ritual observances and attracts significant local pilgrimage. Navratri also brings special Goddess worship. The temple forms part of Bengal’s wider Shakti Peetha circuit, linking it with other sacred sites across Purba Bardhaman and neighbouring districts. Jogadya’s importance rests on its continuous regional worship, distinctive annual customs and well-established association with Kshirgram. Descriptions should preserve the traditional Sanskrit terms while explaining them clearly for general readers and avoiding artificial differences created only by spelling variants.