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Uttarakhand Himalayas (Kumaon)


• Sacred Geography:

Adi Kailasha (5945 m) (Pancha Kailasha)

Om Parvata

► River Pindar (Pindari) Udgam → Pindari Glacier

► River Sharda (Kali) Udgam → Kalapani region (Pithoragarh district)

► River Sarju (Saryu) Udgam → Sarmul (Pithoragarh district)

► River Dhauli-Ganga (Kumaon) Udgam → Darma Pass

► River Ram-Ganga (Kumaon) Udgam → Namik Glacier (Pithoragarh district)

► River Gori-Ganga Udgam → Milam Glacier (Pithoragarh district)

▬ River Malini flows
Kanva Ashram



• Pilgrimages:

Uttarakhand Himalayas (Kumaon) (Uttarakhand):
Pindar (Pindari) (105 km) - Sharda (Kali) (350 km) - Sarju (Saryu) (130 km) - Dhauli-Ganga (Kumaon) (91 km) - Ram-Ganga (Kumaon) (108 km) - Gori-Ganga (104 km)
- Pindari Glacier (Pindar Udgam)
- Kalapani (Sharda Udgam)
- Sarmul (Sarju Udgam)
- Darma Valley (Dhauli Ganga of Kumaon Udgam)
- Namik Glacier (Ram Ganga of Kumaon Udgam)
- Milam Glacier (Gori Ganga Udgam)
...
- Adi Kailasha (Pancha Kailasha)
- Om Parvat
- Jageshwar Dham (Jyotirlinga)
- Nainital


Almora Jageshwar Dham - Nageshwara Jyotirlinga:

Lord Shiva Jageshwar Mahadev Temple, Almora district, Uttarakhand - Almora Jageshwar Dham (1870 m) (Jyotirlinga)
(Almora district, Uttarakhand)

Shiva: Nageshwara Jyotirlinga

- Jageshwar Dham is the place where Lord Shiva abides as Nageshwara Jyotirlinga.

Devotees: Supriya

- Jageshwar Dham is the place where Lord Shiva protected merchant devotee Supriya from the atrocities of demon Daruka (Nageshwara Jyotirlinga).

Daruka Vana (Puranic)
(Shiva Purana)
Nageshwara Jyotirlinga - Lord Shiva protecting devotee Supriya from the atrocities of demon Daruka
(Shiva Purana - Koti Rudra Samhita - 29 to 30)


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