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Urgam valley (2,135 m), Chamoli, Uttarakhand · 30.4289°, 79.4269°
One of the seven Sapta Badri shrines, standing in the Urgam valley close to Kalpeshwar on the banks of the Kalpa Ganga. Its image of Vishnu is a four-armed black-stone figure in a meditative posture, from which the shrine takes its name.
What follows is the temple’s own traditional account, transmitted through liturgy and local memory. It is recorded here as tradition, not as attested history.
The shrine is credited to Urvarishi, son of King Puranjaya, who is said to have meditated in the Urgam region and founded it for Vishnu.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined
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