Tradition-Dependent IdentificationEditorial Framework #5 of 51

Jayanti (Nartiang / Jaintiapur)

जयंती (नारतियांग / जैंतियापुर) · Nartiang Durga Temple (Meghalaya, India)

Editorial & Scholarly Protocol: AnantaMarg uses a 51-site Pithanirnaya-based framework for this catalogue. Other Shakta traditions preserve different enumerations and identifications.

Spiritual Significance

Revered as the seat where the left thigh of Sati fell, featuring centuries-old syncretic Khasi-Jaintia Durga worship customs with unstitched banana-stem offerings during autumn.

Sacred Triad & Field-Level Provenance

Pithanirnaya Recension

Shakti (Devi)Primary

Jayanti

जयंती

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 5

Sources: pithanirnaya

BhairavaPrimary

Kramadishwar

क्रमादीश्वर

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 5

Sources: pithanirnaya

Relic / Body PartPrimary

Left Thigh (Vama Jangha)

बाईं जंघा

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 5

Sources: pithanirnaya

Modern Location & Geographic Coordinates

25.5746° N, 92.2173° E

Identified Site

Nartiang Durga Temple

Nartiang village

State/Province & Country

West Jaintia Hills, Meghalaya (India)

Access Guidance: 65 km east of Shillong; famous for giant monoliths in the surrounding sacred grove.

⚠️

Alternate Identifications & Scholarly Discussion

The ancient Jaintia kingdom spanned modern Meghalaya and Sylhet (Bangladesh). Both the summer seat at Nartiang (Meghalaya) and the historic capital at Jaintiapur (Bangladesh) preserve venerable living Jayanti traditions.

Competing / Alternate Sites:

Baurbhag Jayanti Devi Temple (बौरभाग जयंती मंदिर)Jaintiapur, Sylhet District, Sylhet (Bangladesh)

Traditional Basis: Historical royal capital of the Jaintia kingdom prior to British partition.

Documentary Sources & Provenance Hierarchy

Tier 1 — Scriptural Texts (प्रामाणिक धार्मिक ग्रंथ)

Pithanirnaya (Mahapithanirupana) (Verse 5) [D.C. Sircar (1948)]

Tier 2 & 3 — Institutional, Archaeological & Scholarly Sources

Meghalaya Tourism Development Corporation (government tourism)
Archaeological Survey of India, North East Circle (archaeological)

← Previous Peetha#4. Tripura Sundari (Udaipur, Tripura)51 Shakti Peethas Index Next Peetha →#6. Kiriteshwari (Murshidabad)