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[[File:Vaishno devi.jpg|thumb|The three pindis (visible bottom) worshipped at the [[Vaishno Devi Mandir]], Jammu and Kashmir, India.]]
[[File:Vaishno devi.jpg|thumb|The three pindis (visible bottom) worshipped at the [[Vaishno Devi Mandir]], Jammu and Kashmir, India.]]
'''Pindi''' are decked stones or tree stumps viewed in [[Hinduism]] as abstract manifestations of the mother goddess [[Shakti]]. Most of the 20th-century goddess temples in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]], enshrine a pindi.<ref>{{Citation
'''Pindi''' are decked stones or tree stumps viewed in [[Hinduism]] as abstract manifestations of the mother goddess [[Shakti]]. Most of the 20th-century goddess temples in [[Himachal Pradesh]], [[India]], enshrine a pindi.<ref>{{Citation
|publisher = Abhinav Publications |isbn = 8170174163 |publication-place = New Delhi, India |title = Images of Indian Goddesses |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3SScwifhldQC |author = Madhu Bazaz Wangu |publication-date = 2003 |id = 8170174163 |pages = 158 }}</ref>
|publisher = Abhinav Publications |isbn = 8170174163 |publication-place = New Delhi, India |title = Images of Indian Goddesses |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=3SScwifhldQC |author = Madhu Bazaz Wangu |year = 2003 |publication-date = 2003 |id = 8170174163 |pages = 158 }}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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The three pindis (visible bottom) worshipped at the Vaishno Devi Mandir, Jammu and Kashmir, India.

Pindi are decked stones or tree stumps viewed in Hinduism as abstract manifestations of the mother goddess Shakti. Most of the 20th-century goddess temples in Himachal Pradesh, India, enshrine a pindi.[1]

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  1. Madhu Bazaz Wangu (2003), Images of Indian Goddesses, New Delhi, India: Abhinav Publications, p. 158, ISBN 8170174163, 8170174163