Prayag Shkti Peeth
Prayag Shkti PeethPrayag Devi’s ten fingers fell here and the idols are Devi as Lalita. Another name is Alopi and Shiva as Bhava. Near Tribeni ghat there is Banitirtha ghat. Allahabad is the train station. The three temples in Prayag Shaktipeeths are considered Shaktipeeths from three dfferent ideas. All the three temples are of mata Sati of Prayag Shaktipeeth. Here Devi Sati is called Lalita. The three temples are Akshaywat, Mirapur and Alopi. In Prayag, the fingers of mata Sati fell. Here Lord Shiva is known by the name of Bhav. In Akshaywat, there is a Laliteshwar Mahadev temple just nearby the Kalyani-Lalita Devi temple. According to Matasyapuran, in 108 Shaktipeeths this temple has been given the name of Lalita. The second Alopi temple that is considered to be the Shaktipeeth is around 500 kms from Daraganj in Allahabad. According to the importance of Prayag Shaktipeeth, Kalyani and Lalita are considered to be the same.