Verified Site TraditionEditorial Framework #44 of 51

Yashor (Yashoreshwari / Ishwaripur)

यशोर (यशोरेश्वरी / ईश्वरीपुर) · Jeshoreswari Kali Temple (Ishwaripur) (Khulna Division, Bangladesh)

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

Spiritual Significance

Enshrining the palms and soles of Devi Sati on the threshold of the Sundarbans. Restored by Maharaja Pratapaditya as the guardian deity of the Jessore kingdom.

Sacred Triad & Field-Level Provenance

Pithanirnaya Recension

Shakti (Devi)Primary

Yashoreshwari

यशोरेश्वरी

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 44

Sources: pithanirnaya

BhairavaPrimary

Chanda

चण्ड

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 44

Sources: pithanirnaya

Relic / Body PartPrimary

Palms of Hands and Soles of Feet (Pani-pada)

हाथ और पैरों की हथेलियां (पाणि-पाद)

Basis: Pithanirnaya, v. 44

Sources: pithanirnaya

Modern Location & Geographic Coordinates

22.3028° N, 89.1558° E

Identified Site

Jeshoreswari Kali Temple (Ishwaripur)

Ishwaripur village, Shyamnagar upazila, near the Sundarbans

State/Province & Country

Satkhira (historically Jessore), Khulna Division (Bangladesh)

Access Guidance: Located 70 km south of Satkhira town near the Sundarbans mangrove border.

Historical & Epigraphic Attestations

Pratapaditya Charita / Bengal Historical Records16th Century CE

Maharaja Pratapaditya, one of the Baro-Bhuyan rulers of Bengal, excavated the ancient shrine from the jungle and constructed the 100-door Natamandir in Ishwaripur.

Documentary Sources & Provenance Hierarchy

Tier 1 — Scriptural Texts (प्रामाणिक धार्मिक ग्रंथ)

Pithanirnaya (Mahapithanirupana) (Verse 44) [D.C. Sircar (1948)]

Tier 2 & 3 — Institutional, Archaeological & Scholarly Sources

Jeshoreswari Kali Temple Trust (Satkhira) (official temple)
Department of Archaeology, Bangladesh (archaeological)

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