Jeshoreshwari (Bangladesh)

Jeshoreshwari, at Ishwaripur in the Khulna region of Bangladesh, is remembered as the place where a palm of Sati fell. The goddess is Jeshoreshwari, identified with Kali, and the Bhairava is Chanda. The village of Ishwaripur is also named in the Yashor tradition, which suggests that the two describe one tradition in slightly different words, one speaking of the palm alone and the other of palms and soles.

Bengali tradition recalls that the temple was associated with a king of Jessore in the late medieval period, but the details of the foundation vary from account to account. The goddess is portrayed as Kali, and the name Jeshoreshwari is an alternate form of Yashoreshwari. The temple has been described in several ways in history, including periods of damage and later restoration, and the community of devotees has a continuing connection to the shrine.

Both are kept because the lists are not harmonised. The Tantra Chudamani and Pithanirnaya mention Jessore and the palms, and different authors added their own phrasing. The Daksha yajna narrative, in which Sati gives up her life and Vishnu divides her body, explains the origin of every peeth. The Bangladesh sites are treated with respect and with no commentary on borders or politics.