Uttarakhand
Dehradun district
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Sights
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Sights to see
Mahasu Devta Temple, Hanol
“Hindu Temple in Uttarakhand”
Mahasu Devta Temple is on the Tons River in the village of Hanol, in Jaunsar, Dehradun district, Uttarakhand, India. The temple is dedicated to Shiva, considered one of the most sacred deities in the Mahasu region.
Chandi Devi Temple, Haridwar
“Hindu Temple in Uttarakhand”
Chandi Devi Temple, Haridwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Goddess Chandi Devi in the holy city of Haridwar in the Uttarakhand state of India. The temple is situated atop the Neel Parvat on the Eastern summit of the Sivalik Hills, the southernmost mountain chain of the Himalayas. Chandi Devi Temple was built in 1929 by Suchat Singh in his reign as the King of Kashmir. However, the main murti of Chandi Devi at the temple is said to have been installed in the 8th century by Adi Shankaracharya, one of the greatest priests of Hindu religion.
Raghunathji Temple, Devprayag
“Hindu temple in Devprayag, Tehri Garhwal district, Uttarakhand, India”
Raghunathji Temple in Devprayag, a pilgrimage town in Tehri Garhwal district in Himalayas in the North Indian state of Uttarakhand, is dedicated to Vishnu. It is located 73 km from Rishikesh on the Rishikesh–Badrinath highway. Constructed in the Deula style, the temple is glorified in the Nalayira Divya Prabandham, the early medieval Tamil canon of the Alvar saints from the 6th–9th centuries CE. It is one of the 108 Divyadesam dedicated to Vishnu, who is worshipped as Raghunathji (Rama) and his consort Lakshmi as Sita.
Other districts in Uttarakhand
Photo credits
- Mahasu Devta Temple, Hanol: Gagandeepsinghddn · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
