Sharada Maa Peeth

 

I have been watching TV episodes on the 18 Shakti Peeths in a Serial called Sarvam Shaktimayam. The story is woven around a family that goes to visit the 18 Shakti Peeths.

The episode about Sharada Maa Peeth evoked nostalgia. Sharda Maa's Peeth, I discovered, is in POK across Krishnaganga river opposite Teethwal village in Kashmir.

In the early eighties, my unit was at Tanghdhar, in Kashmir. Down the spine of the spur of the Saari ridge, at the very end, was Teethwal village. As subalterns, we  have climbed down from our posts to the path alongside Krishnaganga river. The path reached the Teethwal village. From Teethwal, we have often climbed up the Samsaari ridge and then finally descended into Tangdhar village.

When we were in Tangdhar in the early eighties we - at least I - didn't know about the Sharda Peeth across the Krishnaganga river.

This family in the episode is unable to visit the Sharda Maa Peeth because it is in POK. The protagonist in the Serial wonders if a Kartarpur style corridor could be made for pilgrims to visit Sharda Maa Peeth.

I also wonder.