Uttarakhand Temples



List of Names & Information on Famous Hindu Temples in Uttarakhand


Here you can find list of names and information (like history, facts & architecture) on ancient / old Hindu temples in Uttarakhand, India. These famous temples in Uttarakhand are most visited and most sought after best tourist places. You can also find photos of Uttarakhand temples / mandir.


Almora Temples, Uttarakhand »


Jageshwar Temple is a group of 150 ancient Hindu temples located in the same compound in Jageshwar, Almora District of Uttrakhand State in North - India. This temple is one of the popular Dham of the Hindus were the 12 Joythir Linga's are found. Its main deity is Lord Shiva in the Linga form. This is a magnificent stone temple with having a splendid Hindu touches. It is divinely located in a beautiful pine forest area.



Kasar Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu Goddess temple dedicated to Kasar Devi. This temple came to aware off since the last two centuries. It became a popular destination after many spiritual gurus meditated here and noted this place as best fit for spiritual holiness. This is also located on the hill top surrounded with many Himalayan peaks, Hawabagh Valley and a scenic view of Almora town.



Katarmal Sun Temple is 2nd among the 4 Sun Temples built in the Indian Sub Continent. This is an ancient monument and an historical site maintained by the Archeological survey of India. The Sun temples are one of the major worship places in the Sankranthi times (Winter Solstice and Summer Solstice). On this two special days many Hindus goes to the Sun temple and perform prayers.


Bageshwar Temples, Uttarakhand »


Bagnath Temple is an ancient Shiva temple located in the Bageshwar City of Uttrakhand District in India. This temple is 564 years old and still standing great at the height of 1004 meters above the mean sea level on the lower hills of the Himalayan Mountain Ranges. It is a very good scenic place to see and is also a great tourist spot. This temple is uniquely surrounded with pasture lands, hill valleys, rivers and forest.



Dhauli Nag Temple is a Hindu temple built for the Serpent God, which is located at Vijayapura Town, Bageshwar district in Uttarakhand State of India. This is a cute temple in the Kumaun region of the lower Himalayas. This is an important temple for the Hindus to worship an ophidian, which are sacred and also fear full. It is located at an altitude of 1004 meters above from the mean sea-level.


Chamoli Temples, Uttarakhand »


Badrinath Temple is an ancient Hindu holy place in the Himalayan Mountain ranges. It has an altitude of 3133 meters above the mean sea-level. It is located at Chamoli District of Uttarakhand State in north India. It is an pilgrim place know as the chota char-dham of the Himalaya's. This temple is dedicated to Lord Vishnu, who is also known as the Badhri Narayana or the Badhrinat.



Gopinath Mandir is a popular Shiva temple found in the Gharwal region of the Himalayan Mountains. This is an ancient stone temple having many architectural values. This is an important temple for the Hindus and especially for the Shivites. It is beautifully temple found at an altitude of 2286 meters above the sea level in the upper Himalayas. It is located in the Gopeshwar Town, Chmoli District of Uttrakhand State in India.



Kalpeshwar Temple is an ancient Hindu Shiva temple built in the scenic valley of Urgam in the Gharwal regions of the Himalayas. This temple is recorded in the ancient text of Hinduism, since the Vedic Era. The Pandavas of the Mahabharata legends were known to be the founder of this temple on the Himalayan Mountains. This temple comes under the Panch Kedar pilgrimage taken by the Hindu peoples on the Himalayas.



Rudranath Temple is a famous Hindu Cave Temple of Lord Shiva built atop the Gharwal region of the greater Himalayan mountain ranges in India. This is one of the Hindu pilgrimage temples on the Himalayas. This temple is filled with devotees in the panch kedhar seasons. These are naturally formed caves and known since the Vedic Era. The legends for its creators are known to be the Pandavas. It is a beautiful place to see and best for a trek to reach these temple areas.


Champawat Temples, Uttarakhand »


Baleshwar Temple is an important ancient historical temple built for Hindu God Shiva. It is divinely located at Champawat District of Uttrakhand State in India. This temple is at a height of 1610 meters from the sea level and found in the Kumaun region of the lower Himalayan Mountains. This temple is more than 800 years old well known for its temple art in its entire stone structure.


Dehradun Temples, Uttarakhand »


Lakha Mandal Temple is an historic site and an ancient Hindu temple built for Lord Shivha. This Lakha Mandal is also called the Dev Bhoomi of the Deharadun. It is beautifully located in between the holy rivers like the Yamuna and Gomti. This temple is maintained by the Archeological department of India and it has a special gallery of sculptors and other stone articles in display which were found by many excavation works undergone in these valleys.


Haridwar Temples, Uttarakhand »


Chandi Devi Temple is a famous Hindu Goddess temple located at Haridwar Town of Uttrakhand in India. It is beautifully located on the Hilltop of Neel, which has an altitude of 2900 meters from the mean sea-level. From here the flow of the Hindu holy River Ganges can be seen with heavenly grace. This temple has got a rope way from where the entire scenic surrounding can be seen at greater heights.



Daksheswara Mahadev Temple is a huge and beautiful Lord Shiva temple built on the Shivalik Range of the lower Himalayas. This is one of the important Shiva temples for the Hindus and a great pilgrim place on the Himalayan temple circuit. This ancient temple was renovated few centuries ago with many pilgrim amenities around the temple complexes. This temple is of ancient historic importance and has many religious values for the Hindu sects of peoples living in India and abroad.



Har Ki Pauri is a great holy embankment for the Hindus built on the banks of River Ganges in holy city of Haridwar. It is an ancient Ghats or Embankment having its records since in the Vedic Era. This is associated with Lord Shiva and Vishnu as its primary gods. This Ghats is with full of small and medium temples for various rituals and ceremonies. From this Ghats only the River Ganges takes the down streams towards the Indian sub continental plains.



Mansa Devi Temple is one of the ancient Hindu goddess temples in the gateway of god's city. It is also known as the Bilwa Tirth and Panch Tirth in Haridwar. This temple is a Shakthi Peeth for the Hindus and is a famous pilgrim place here. It is beautifully situated on the hilltop of Bilwa Parvat. To reach here once can go up hills by a trek or use the cable car.


Nainital Temples, Uttarakhand »


Garjiya Devi Temple is a cute Hindu goddess temple built over a huge monolith rock in the midst of the flowing Kosi River. It is one of the great temples of Kumoean Region, which is found in the lower Himalayas. Over a lakhs of devotees visit this temple in a year time. Apart from pilgrims, many tourists too visit here for its natural beauty surrounded by hills, rivers and dense forest.



Naina Devi Temple is the famous Hindu goddess temple built on the banks of Thalital. This place derives its name from the temple where Naina literally means eyes and thal means the lake. This is one of the Shakthi Peeth of Sathi Devi and an important Hindu pilgrim site and a famous tourist spot too. This ancient temple underwent much modification since the past 3 centuries due to landslides. The present structure is a modern temple seen in color full paintings.


Pauri Garhwal Temples, Uttarakhand »


Neelkanth Mahadev Temple is very beautiful shrine of Lord Shiva. This temple has got many mythical values in it. It is one of the important temples to be visited in the Himalayan pilgrim circuit taken by the Hindus. This temple is found in the midst of beautiful valleys and rivers on the Nar-Narayan Mountain ranges which are at an altitude of 1330 above the mean sea level.


Pithoragarh Temples, Uttarakhand »


Patal Bhuvaneshwar Cave temple is an ancient naturally form lime stone caves in the Himalayas. It is believed to be the underground abode for nearly 330 crore known god and goddess of Hinduism lived in the ancient times. It is a breathtaking cave where the primary deity is Lord Shiva. Many have experienced a heavenly and hell like fell inside this caves. Many do have an experience of powerful energy inside these caves.


Rudraprayag Temples, Uttarakhand »


Vishwanath Temple in Guptkashi is an ancient Hindu temple abode in the Gharwal regions of the Lower Himalayas. It is a beautiful stone temple with many Hindu architectural values. It is dedicated for Lord Shiva and Lord Vishwanath. This temple is built at an altitude of 1319 meters above the mean sea levels. This is an important temple considered in the Hindu pilgrimage to the Himalayas as the Chota Char Dham.



Kedarnath Temple is the heavenly abode of Lord Shiva in the Gharwal Region of the Himalayan Mountain ranges of India. This is an important ancient Hindu temple which was restructured in the 8th century AD and is still standing divinely on this Kedhar mountains. Even the 2013 Flash Floods were not able to shake this temple. It is divinely aside by the Mandakhini River, a glacier and with few snow caped mountain summits.



Koteshwar Mahadev Cave Temple is a naturally formed cave since the ancient times. This is one of the places of Lord Shiva who meditated here in the Vedic times. This cave temple is beautifully situated in the Georges of the Alaknanda River at an altitude of 2,904 meters above the sea level. It is an amazing place to visit and see the holiness of these natural cave temples in the Himalayas. This is an important pilgrim place in the Himalayan temple circuit taken by the Hindus.



Madhyamaheshwar Temple is an ancient Hindu temple divinely situated on the Greater Himalayas of the Gharwal regions of India. It is a sacred Shiva temple created by the Pancha Pandavas of the Mahabharata Epic. Since the ancient times this is an important pilgrim place for the followers of Hinduism in the Indian subcontinent. Nearly 10 lakhs pilgrims visit this temple yearly on the Panch Kedar pilgrimage alone. To reach this temple from a nearby village takes a beautiful trek alongside pictorial mountain scenes.



Tungnath Temple is the world's top most temples built at an altitude of 3680 meters above the mean sea level. It is proudly located on the Himalayan Mountain Ranges in the Gharwal region of India. This has one more record of having a Lord Shiva temple in the highest peak of mountain temple in India and the world. It is only accessible in the summer seasons prevailing in India that's from April to August in a year. Rest of the season is rain fed in the monsoon and snow fed in the winter seasons.



Dhari Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu temple built for Kali Maa on the banks of River Alaknanda. It is an important temple for the Hindu peoples to visit in the Himalayan temple pilgrimage. This is a goddess temple having much historical and religious significance in the Gharwal region of the Himalayas. Recently this temple was in great controversy and was once shifted and reinstalled to the same area due to a power project construction works.



Kalimath Temple is an ancient Hindu Goddess temple situated on the Gharwal Region of the lower Himalayan Mountain Ranges. This is an important Shakthi Peeth were the Sathi Devi is worshiped for powers, peace and tranquility. This temple is a great pilgrim place where it has a record of more than 1 Lakhs devotees visiting this temple in the Himalayan pilgrim circuit taken from May to November of every year.



Triyuginarayan Temple is the place where the Lord Shiva and Parvathi Devi's marriage took place in the ancient times. It is a very important Hindu pilgrim place located near the river confluence of Mandhakini and Ganges River. It is located centrally in the Gharral Hindu pilgrim circuit center, where many pilgrims have to cross by this famous temple along with the picturesque beauty of the lower Himalayas of the Shivalik Ranges. From here the view of the upper Himalayas are very magnificent to look.


Tehri Garhwal Temples, Uttarakhand »


Chandrabadni Devi Temple is an ancient Hindu Goddess temple located at the Tehri Garhwal District of Uttrakhand District in India. It is a mountain temple at an altitude of 2277 meters from the mean sea-levels of Garhwal regions in the greater Himalayan Mountain Ranges. This is one of the holy places for the Hindus to visit once in a life time as per the mythical beliefs.



Surkanda Devi Temple is one of the main Shakthi Peeth in the Himalayan Mountains. This is a sacred place for the Hindus to honor the Sathi Devi's sacrifice for her husband Lord Shiva. This is an ancient female Goddess temple very beautifully situated near by the Dhanaulti hill station, which is a famous tourist spot. This is a hilltop temple built at a height of 9976 feet elevation. From here the beautiful snow capped peaks of the greater Himalayas are visible from this temple.


Uttarkashi Temples, Uttarakhand »


Gangotri Temple is a splendid Hindu Goddess temple built for Sri Ganga Devi. It is also known as the Gangothri or the River Goddess temple of Ganga. It is the 2nd highest temple located in the Uttrakhand State and in the world. It is found at an altitude of 3048 meters above the mean sea-level. It is a heavenly place to see in this highest altitude with the Gaumuka Glacier and the origin of Baghi Rathi River which assumes the name Ganga at the meeting point of Deva Prayag.



Yamunotri Temple is a cute Hindu temple dedicated to the River Goddess Yamuna Devi. This is one of the important temples to be visited by the pilgrims who go for the char dham temple visit on the Himalayas. It is situated at an altitude of 3150 meters above the mean sea level. This temple is built on the opposite side of the Yamuna glacier. This is a scenic place with cam and peace full environment.