Jageswar a place of 124 Temples in Himalaya. One of the 12th JYTORLINGA. NAGESH IN DARUKA VAN.

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                                                    Way to Jageswar, beauty of Himalaya

                                                             

                                                               
                                                      Jagaswar Mahadev Temple

Jageswar is in Almora district of Uttarakhand. 

It is 500 + km from Delhi through Moradabad via Kalidunga, kashipur Nainital, Almora. 

The whole route is full of a lovely, full of excitement, adventurous and panoramic view. 

Pictures speak. The road crosses through Chid and Devdaru Forest and Mountain Himalaya starts from Kalidunga. 

Jagaswar is a religious as well as a beautiful tourist place in Himalaya. 

There is the Jagaswar Mahadev Temple of Jagaswar Jyotirlinga; due to this temple, this place is known as Jagaswar. 

Here, one will find 124 Temples in a single campus. 

Temples are 900 to 2,500 years old. 

These temples are Under ASI. The place Jagaswar is at the height of 5 thousand + feet.   

This place has panoramic view.   

Jagaswar is a Hindu pilgrimage town in Almora District, Uttrakhand, believed to carry the Nagesh Jytirlinga  dedicated to Shiva, located 36 km northeast of Almora, in Kumaun region. 

The temple city comprises a cluster of 124 large and small stone temples, dating 9th to 13th century AD. 

They are preserved by the Archaeological Survey of India  (ASI), which include Dandeshwar Temple, Chandi-ka-Temple, Jagaswar Temple, Kuber Temple, Mritunjaya Temple, Nanda Devi or Nau Durga, Nava-grah temple, a Pyramidal shrine, and Surya Temple. 

Amongst which the oldest shrine is the Mritunjaya Temple and the biggest shrine is the Dandeshwar Temple. 

Once the centre of Lakulish Shaivism, Jagaswar is located at an altitude of 1870 mts, in the Jata-ganga river valley near a Deodar forest (Cedrus deodara) starting from Artola village on Almora - Pithoragarh highway, where two streams Nandini and Surabhi flow down the hills in the narrow valley and meet near the sacred spot.

The Jagaswar Monsoon Festival, held between 15 July to 15 August takes place at Jagaswar during the Hindu calandar month of Shavan or Sharavana and the annual Maha Shivratri Mela (Shivratri festival), which takes place during spring has an important place in the calendar of the entire Kumaun   region.

In his Dwadasa Jyotirlinga Stotra Adi Sankaracharya  has mentioned this temple -

सौराष्ट्रे सोमनाथं च श्रीशैले मल्लिकार्जुनम् । उज्जयिन्यां महाकालमोकांरममलेश्वरम् ।

परल्यां वैद्यनाथं च डाकिन्यां भीमशंकरम् । सेतुबंधे तु रामेशं नागेशं दारूकावने ।

वाराणस्यां तु विश्वेशं त्रयंम्बकं गौतमीतटे । हिमालये तु केदारं घुश्मेशं च शिवालये ।

ऐतानि ज्योतिर्लिंगानि सायं प्रातः पठेन्नरः । सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं स्मरणेन विनश्यति ।

The twelve Jyotirlingas are: -

 Somnath at Prabhas Patan, Saurashtra, Gujarat.

Sri Mallikarjun in Srisailam, near Kurnool,Andhra Pradesh, on the banks of river Krishna.Adi Sankaracharya composed his Sivanandalahiri here.

Mahakaleshwar in Ujjain (Avanti), Madhya Pradesh.

Omkareshwar in Omkareshwar, Madhya Pradesh, this jyotirlinga is situated on an island in the course of the river Narmada.

Vaidyanath temple at Deoghar,Santal Parganas area of Jharkhand.

Bhimashankar in Dakini and located in the Sahyadri hills,near Pune, Maharashtra.

Ramalingeswar in Setubandanam, Tamil Nadu.This is situated on vast temple island of Rameshwar. 

It is the southernmost of the 12 Jyotirlinga shrines of India.

Nagesh in Jageshwar.

Vishwanath in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh.

Tryambakeshwar Jyotirlinga shrine is intimately linked with the origin of the river Godavari near Nasik, Maharashtra.

Kedareswar in Kedarnath in Himalayas,Uttarakhand.

Ghrishneshwar in Devasrovar,near Ellora, Aurangabad, Maharashtra.