Sunday, August 3, 2025
Todays Panchang
Total Temples : 6,783
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Sunday, 03-08-2025 12:13 AM Todays Panchang Total Temples : 6,783
   
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51
Shakti Peetha
18
Maha Shakti Peetha
4
Adi Shakti Peetha
12
Jyotirling
108
Divya Desam
8
Ganesh
4
Dham India
4
Dham Uttarakhand
7
Saptapuri / Mokshapuri
51
Shakti
Peetha
18
Maha Shakti
Peetha
4
Adi Shakti
Peetha
12
Jyotirling
 
108
Divya
Desam
8
Ganesh
 
4
Dham
India
4
Dham
Uttarakhand
7
Saptapuri
/ Mokshapuri
Uttarakhand

Sangam Shiva Temple Karnaprayag,Uttarakhand

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This place is famous according to mythology. In Kedarkhand of Skanda Purana it has been called Shiva Kshetra Suralaya.
The girl named Uma also attained divinity here and became Parvati. In other mythological stories, this is also the birthplace of Shiva’s son Skanda Kumar (Kartikeya). Due to this, the old name of Karnaprayag is also Skanda Prayag.
This place is also said to be the penance place of Daan Veer Karna of the Mahabharata period. Karna had obtained impenetrable armor and earrings from Surya from this place.
Earlier, there were 108 Shiva temples at this place. Historian Dr. Shiv Prasad Naithani ji tells that in the Virah flood of 1889, all these Shiva temples including the group of Devtoli temples were washed away. Now only 2 pagodas are left. Whose names are 1-Umeshwar and 2-Karnaishwar respectively.
Here Vishnupadi Alaknanda and Uttar Vahini Pind are of utmost importance in the scriptures and are considered best for offering Pind Daan. It is a sacred and beautiful confluence of.

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