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गोलू देवता
Chitai, Almora, Uttarakhand · 29.6170°, 79.7015°
The best-known shrine of Golu Devta, a regional god of justice worshipped throughout Kumaon and Garhwal and treated as a form of Bhairava. It stands on the ridge at Chitai outside Almora and draws petitioners who bring their grievances to the deity.
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.
A prince born to King Halrai was cast into the Gori river by jealous co-queens and rescued by a fisherman; he later returned to expose the injustice and was deified as the god of justice.
coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Chand dynasty of Champawat (medieval)
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