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Hinduism sacred sites in Uttarakhand, India
Explore 9 Hinduism sacred places in Uttarakhand, India, with mapped locations and detailed site guides.
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Badrinath
Badrinath, Uttarakhand, India
Rising at 3,133 meters in the Garhwal Himalayas, Badrinath Temple stands as one of Hinduism's four Char Dham—the pilgrimage circuit that promises liberation to those who...
Bagnath Temple, Bageshwar, Uttarakhand
Bāgeshwar, Uttarakhand, India
At the confluence of the Sarayu and Gomati in the Kumaon Himalaya, Bagnath enshrines Shiva as Vyaghreshwar, the Tiger Lord, said to have appeared as a tiger to the sage...
Bedini Kund Sacred Lake, Bedini Bugyal, Uttarakhand
Tharali, Uttarakhand, India
High in the Chamoli meadows of Uttarakhand, a still glacial lake reflects the peaks of Trishul and Nanda Ghunti....
Gangotri Temple, Uttarakhand
Gangotri, Uttarakhand, India
Gangotri Temple stands beside the Bhagirathi river in the Garhwal Himalaya, at the place Hindu tradition holds Ganga first touched earth....
Kalpeshwar temple, Uttarakhand
Urgam, Uttarakhand, India
Kalpeshwar is the fifth and final shrine of the Panch Kedar, a small stone temple built into a cave in Uttarakhand's Urgam Valley where Shiva's jata, his matted locks, are...
Kedarnath Temple, Uttarakhand
Kedarnath, Uttarakhand, India
Kedarnath Temple stands at 3,583 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas, the highest of the twelve Jyotirlingas and one of Uttarakhand's four Char Dham sites....
Madhyamaheshwar Temple
Gaundar, Uttarakhand, India
Madhyamaheshwar enshrines the navel of a bull-formed Shiva at roughly 3,497 metres in the Garhwal Himalayas, reached by a multi-day trek through pine forest and river...
Rudranath Temple
Gopeshwar area, Uttarakhand, India
Rudranath is the fourth of the Panch Kedar temples, holding a self-manifested rock face of Shiva deep in a Garhwal Himalayan forest, reached only by a multi-day trek...
Tungnath Temple
Tungnath, Uttarakhand, India
Tungnath is the highest of the five Panch Kedar temples, a stone Shiva shrine set above the treeline in the Garhwal Himalayas, reached only on foot and closed to the world...
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