MeraPahad Community Of Uttarakhand Lovers

Lakhamandal,Place where Pandawas lived during their exile



According to the epic, Mahabharata, the Kauravas had once conspired to burn the Pandavas alive here in a palace made up totally of shellac, known as lakshagriha (palace of shellac). The Pandavas, however, escaped unscathed with the help of Lord Krishna. There is a historic cave here and an eighth century temple with a number of carved stone figures and two big Shivlingas, (symbolic phallus of Shiva, the Destroyer of the Universe in Hindu Mythology) all of which are of considerable archaeological importance

Sidh Bali Temple,kotdwar



Sidh Bali Temple is situated at Kotdwar town of Garhwal distirct of Uttarakhand, which is just 230 km. from Delhi and 76 km. from Haridwar.
As per the the Nath community Guru Gorakhnath and their pupil, who are known as Sidh (Saint) meditated here for long time. So many saints have been meditated here for a long time. Some of them are Baba Sitaram ji,
 Baba Gopal Das Ji, Baba Narayan Das Ji & saint Sevadas Ji. Falahari Baba Ji meditated here for so many years and ate only fuits. One Mohammedan saint also leved here for so many years.  This place is worshiped by Hindu as well as Mohammedans.

Dhari Devi Temple

Perched atop a 20 metre high rock, the   temple  of  Dhari Devi   is situated on the banks of river Alaknada. One has to travel a distance of 19 kms. from   Srinagar   (Pauri Garhwal) on Srinagar-Badrinath highway upto Kaliya Saur,



 then down trek another half a kilometer towards Alaknanda river. According to a local legened, the temple was once washed off by floods, while floating the idol struck against a rock, the villagers heard the cries of the idol.

 On reaching the site they heard a divine voice instructing them to install the idol as it was, on the spot it was found. Since then the fierce looking idol remains where it was, known as Dhari Devi, under the open sky,

 and thousands of devotees on the way to Badrinath pay their obeisance to it. The  temple  of  Dhari Devi  in   Srinagar   hosts only the upper part of idol of Godess Dhari, the remaining lower part is believed to be in Kalimath in Rudraprayag district.ka%20daanda/dharidevidevi2.jpg[/img]

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