List of Names & Information on Famous Hindu Temples in Rudraprayag District

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

Guptkashi literally means the hidden out Banaras. Which is also a holy place for the Hindus with confluence of rivers found here, which are originating from the Himalayas. This temple is also known as the lower Kashi since the main abode of lord Shiva is considered to be the Kedarnath, which is in the upper part of these mountains. Many pilgrims come here and get enlightened from drinking and sprinkling the water of the Karmanika pond on their heads.

Kedarnath literally means the Lord of Kedhar or the abode of the god in Kedhar location. It's a very good place for divine meditation amidst the Greater Himalayas for all peoples on earth. Many people have including the foreigners come here to seek such divine values of these mountain ranges. Lord Shiva used to meditate for a longer period of time and he was personally made to move to Badhrinath due to the Pandava's arrival in the Kedhar. Lord Shiva is one of the supreme gods in the Hindu trinity and once in a life time these Panch Kedhar's must be visited if born in the Indian sub continent.

Koteshwar Mahadev Cave Temple is the abode of lord Shiva in the Shivalinga form. It is in the one of the main cave among many other caves found on the Aalaknanda Georges. This is also a Hindu pilgrimage center since the ancient times. The most important feature of this cave temple is a few drops of spring waters falls from the ceilings of this cave directly on the Shivalinga. It is believed that any childless couples come here and pray for a child are blessed with children's in a few months.

Madhyamaheshwar Temple is the 4th Panch kedar to be visited in the Lord Shiva temple visit order on the Himalayas. This panch kedar pilgrimage is undergone from May to October months of a year annually. The other season are rain few and snow fed, which makes pilgrims unable to access. Either from November to April months this temple is closed for the devotees and pilgrimages. In the kedar seasons this temple is filled with many devotees including from foreign countries. Here the daily arthi pooja is conducted in the evening, to see this many people's including the villager gather here.

Tungnath Temple is dedicated to Lord Shiva who is known as the almighty and the preserver of this world. This is under the religious pilgrimages taken by the Hinduism to the mountain temples of the Himalayas known as the Panch Kedar. The panch kedar is the 5 Lord Shiva temples located in the greater Himalayas. The Tungnath temple is one of the popular among these temples. This temple is open for only 6 months and the panch kedhar pilgrimage is also taken throughout this 6 months open season.

Dhari Devi Temple is an important temple to be visited in the char dham pilgrimages. This Kali Maa is known to be the protector of these dhams on these mountains. The name Dhari is put since it was created by the villagers named Dharo. It is believed that the main deity changes here identity as a young girl in the morning and women in the mid day and an old woman in the evening. Here the Kali Maa is emerging out of a stone where her half portion only seen, either from head to the stomach area.

Kalimath Temple is one of the Shakthi Peetha for Hindus in the Dev Bhoomi on the Himalayas. Here Sathi Devi is worshiped as Maa, kalimath or the Mother Goddess. This is a great shrine for Shaktism, who is the believers in Devi, Kali or the Bhagavathi Maa. The common principals of worshiping this Sathi Devi are considered to be a powerful Goddess who wish wellness of all and destroy the evils. Many Hindus believe that coming here and get blessed from this Maa will make their dreams come true.

Triyuginarayan Temple is believed to be a temple of cosmic marriage. Here Lord Shiva wedded Parvathi Devi in the Tretha Yuga on the lower Himalayan range. This marriage was witnessed by the trinity of Hindu gods named the Maha Vishnu, Brahma Dev and the Maheshwara. That's why the temple name acquired here as the Triyuginarayan Temple. Here the primary ditties are Lord Vishnu, Shiva and Parvathi Devi can be worshiped at one place. This temple is as holy as the cosmic marriage.