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Sitabani Temple, Ramnagar (सिटाबनी मंदिर, रामनगर): Where Forest, Myth, and Silence Meet First Steps Into Sitabani

Sitabani Temple, Ramnagar (सिटाबनी मंदिर, रामनगर): Where Forest, Myth, and Silence Meet First Steps Into Sitabani

I arrived in Ramnagar early in the morning. Air sharp. Mist clinging low to bamboo, sal, peepal tree...

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Surkanda Devi Temple (सुरकांडा देवी मंदिर), Uttarakhand: When the Hills Whisper Goddess First Steps Up the Hill

Surkanda Devi Temple (सुरकांडा देवी मंदिर), Uttarakhand: When the Hills Whisper Goddess First Steps Up the Hill

The street from Dhanaulti finally ends up through forests of all right and rhododendron. Early morni...

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Kapileshwar Mahadev Temple (कपिलेश्वर महादेव मंदिर): The Cave Shiva Shrine of Soar Valley Getting There

Kapileshwar Mahadev Temple (कपिलेश्वर महादेव मंदिर): The Cave Shiva Shrine of Soar Valley Getting There

You leave Pithoragarh town early, earlier than the heat settles. The avenue winds through Soar Valle...

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Chandika Temple, Bageshwar (चंडिका मंदिर): A Hilltop Where the Goddess Waits Climbing Up

Chandika Temple, Bageshwar (चंडिका मंदिर): A Hilltop Where the Goddess Waits Climbing Up

Bageshwar is not a big town. A couple of bazaars, tea stores with plastic stools, the rivers meeting...

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Madhmaheshwar Mela (मध्यमहेश्वर मेला): A Festival Carved Into the Mountain

Madhmaheshwar Mela (मध्यमहेश्वर मेला): A Festival Carved Into the Mountain

The First GlimpseThe climb is long. From Ransi, the road just ends, and your feet take over. Forest,...

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Jhula Devi Temple, Ranikhet – Where the Goddess Sits on a Swing

Jhula Devi Temple, Ranikhet – Where the Goddess Sits on a Swing

The pine timber maintains the air heavy with resin, the roads curl like unfastened ribbons, and a lo...

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