Nartiang Durga Temple

Nartiang Durga Temple is a 600-year-old Durga Temple located in the West Jaintia Hills district of Meghalaya, a state in North-Eastern India. This temple is one of the 51 Shakti Peethas and is one of the holiest sites for devotees of the Shaktism sect of Hinduism. The tribal Hindus in the Jaintia Hills of Meghalaya believes that this temple is the permanent abode of Goddess Durga. The temple draws a large number of pilgrims from all  the country on occasion of Durga Puja.[1] The Shakti of Nartiang Devi shrine is worshipped as Jayanti and the Bhairava as Kamadishwar.