Dhari devi temple, srinagar garhwal, uttarakhand tourism

Dhari Devi temple is located on the bank of Alaknada river. One has to journey a range of 19 kms. from Srinagar (Pauri Garhwal) on Srinagar-Badrinath freeway up to Kaliya Saur, then down journey another 50 percent a range towards Alaknanda stream. According to a regional legened, the forehead was once cleaned off by flooding, while sailing the idol arranged against a stone, the villagers observed the yowls of the idol. On attaining the website they observed a heavenly speech training them to set up the idol as it was, on the identify it was discovered. Since then the intense looking idol continues to be where it was, known as Dhari Devi, under the start sky, and a large number of lovers on the way to Badrinath pay their obeisance to it. The forehead of Dhari Devi in Srinagar serves only the higher aspect of idol of Godess Dhari, the staying reduced aspect is considered to be in Kalimath in Rudraprayag section.

It is considered that the idol of Dhari Devi shall not be put under ceiling. For the same purpose, the idols in Dhari Devi Temple are put under start sky. Getting images of Dhari Devi idols is stringently disallowed.

The town near the forehead is name after godess Dhari and known as Dhari Village. A clinging link over Alaknanda stream attaches the Dhari Devi forehead to Dhari Village.