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Kankalitala

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Country
  
India

District
  
Birbhum

ISO 3166 code
  
IN-WB

State
  
West Bengal

Time zone
  
IST (UTC+5:30)

Lok Sabha constituency
  
Bolpur

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Kankalitala is a temple town in Bolpur subdivision of Birbhum district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Map of Kankalitala, West Bengal 731204

Geography

It is located about 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) from Bolpur on the Bolpur–Labhpur road. It is situated on the bank of the Kopai River. It is a gram panchayat under Bolpur-Sriniketan block.

List of census villages mapped for Kankalitala village panchayat are as follows: Bengutia, Jaljalia, Karpatikuri, Sangri Mahula, Sangri Mahula, Sangri, Rautara, Gopalpur, Kuchli, Dhultikuri, Bagdaura, Bisheghata, Amdahara, Kshudra Amdahara, Patharghata, Kesaradihi, Sitapur, Padmabatipur, Khosh Kadambapur, Uttar Narayanpur, and Layek Bazar

Demographics

In 2001, population of Kankalitala gram panchayat was 19,229

Politics

As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, Kankalitala, Kasba, Sarpalehana Albandha, Sian Muluk and Singhee gram panchayats of Bolpur–Sriniketan CD Block will form part of Nanoor (Vidhan Sabha constituency) and Bolpur (Lok Sabha constituency).

Culture

It is one of the Shakti Peethas where the waist (or kankal in Bengali) of sati fell. There are several temples in the town.

The Kankalitala Temple as a Shakti Peeth

The mythology of Daksha yaga and Sati's self immolation is the story of origin behind Shakti Peethas. Shakti Peethas are holy abode of Devi formed due to the falling of body parts of the corpse of Sati Devi, when Shiva carried it and wandered through. There are 51 Shakti Peeth linking to the 51 alphabets in Sanskrit. Each temple has shrines for Shakti and Kalabhairava. The Shakti of the temple is addressed as "Devgarbha" and the Bhairava as "Ruru". It is believed that Sati Devi's bones have fallen here.

References

Kankalitala Wikipedia