badi patan devi One approaches the Badi Patan Devi temple at Patna through multiple lanes in the city. This temple is to south-east of the famous Sikh Gurudwara, Harmandir Sahib, the birthplace of Guru Govind Singh. One among the 52 Shaktipeethas it is believed that the right thigh and pata and cloth of ma sati fell at Magadha, which is identified as Maharajganj and Chowk area of Patna. So two different temples of Badi Patan Devi and Choti Patan Devi have been built in these areas, also called Ma Sarwandkaari Patneshwari, located to the east of Patna Railway Junction. A popular belief is that when the body part of Ma Sati fell here, three goddesses-Mahakali, Mahalakshmi and Mahasarasswati came into existence, whose idols are placed in the Patan Devi templ
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