{"id":1489,"date":"2024-02-12T06:17:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T06:17:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.chardhamtour.in\/blog\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2026-09-28T11:40:06","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T11:40:06","slug":"temples-of-jageshwar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chardhamtour.in\/blog\/temples-of-jageshwar\/","title":{"rendered":"Temples of Jageshwar"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jageshwar Dham<\/a> sits in the Kumaon hills of Uttarakhand, inside a deodar forest in the Jataganga valley, and holds one of India’s largest single clusters of stone Shiva temples \u2014 commonly counted at 124 or 125, depending on the source, with many protected by the Archaeological Survey of India. Local tradition identifies the main shrine as the Nagesh Jyotirlinga<\/strong>, one of Shiva’s twelve Jyotirlingas, though that identification is a matter of belief rather than settled history.<\/p>\n

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Jageshwar sits about 35\u201337 km from Almora<\/a><\/strong> at an elevation of 1,870 metres<\/strong>, inside a cluster of 124\u2013125 stone temples<\/strong> built mainly between the 7th and 14th centuries CE<\/strong>. Local tradition identifies the main shrine as the Nagesh Jyotirlinga<\/strong>. The complex is open daily, roughly 5 AM to 6 PM in winter<\/strong> and 4:30 AM to 7:30 PM in summer<\/strong>, with no entry fee. Best months to visit: March\u2013June<\/strong> and September\u2013November<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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