This is a consecrated space of Sri Maa Harsiddhi Shaktipeeth where Mata Sati’s elbow fell off. You can make offerings and go close to the Devi. There is space to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to get there
You can reach the temple 10 minutes walk from Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/rzQCqb4RNzdekiY2A
About Harsiddhi:
The Harsiddhi temple is one of the 52 Shakti Peeth situated all over India. According to legend, Shiva married Sati, the daughter of Daksha, a Prajapati who was proud of his position and disliked his ascetic son-in-law. In an effort to put his son-in-law in his place, Daksha organized a yagna and deliberately did not invite Shiva. Hearing of the grand yagna, sati visited it by herself, ignoring her husband’s advice, and, furious with her father for thus deliberately ignoring her husband, cast herself into the flames lit for the yagna. Her act led to Shiva’s ganas going berserk with rage, and Shiva himself arriving at the scene and dancing the Tandava (the angry dance) with sati’s body in his arms. While Shiva was later calmed down and amends made, it is believed that parts of Sati’s body fell on earth as He danced, and each of these (totaling 52 in number) are revered as Shakti Peeth.
There is a small shrine just outside the temple dedicated to Mahamaya. This shrine is situated a little below ground level and is approachable by steps, but is closed to visitors. The importance of this shrine is a lamp which burns day and night and has been burning so for ages. The only person who enters the sanctum is the pujari who visits it several times a day for offering prayers to the goddess and maintaining the lamp.
