Place · Shakta · The Himalaya · Sharda, Neelum valley, Kashmir

Sharada Peeth

Also called: Sharada temple, Sardi

The ruined temple of the goddess Sharada (Saraswati) at Sharda in the Neelum (Kishanganga) valley, at the confluence with the Madhumati stream; once a famous seat of learning that gave its name to the Sharada script. M. A. Stein located it in 1892.

Sources: Kalhana's Rajatarangini, tr. with commentary M. A. Stein (1900), vol. 2, Note B: The shrine of Sarada; Sharada Peeth (Wikipedia) · see Sharada Peeth's web

Relations 1

Sharada Peeth home of

Saraswati (Consort) Shakta · Saraswati's temples: Sharada in Kashmir, Basar, Koothanur
Worshipped as Sharada at the Kashmir shrine.

Stories 1

Saraswati's temples: Sharada in Kashmir, Basar, Koothanur
Temple legend · 4 tellings

Cited

Kalhana's Rajatarangini, tr. with commentary M. A. Stein (1900), vol. 2, Note B: The shrine of Sarada § note-B Scholarly
Sharada Peeth (Wikipedia) Encyclopedia