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High medieval · Hindu · India

Kalpeshwar Temple

कल्पेश्वर केदार

Urgam valley, Uttarakhand · 30.5489°, 79.4548°

Shiva, worshipped here as his matted hair (jata)UndeterminedPanch Kedar
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva temple at about 2,200 m in the Urgam valley, the fifth of the Panch Kedar shrines and the only one open to pilgrims all year. Its priestly line was appointed by Adi Shankara.

Sthala katha — the legend

The matted locks of the bull-form of Shiva are said to have appeared at Kalpeshwar, where the Pandavas then raised a temple.

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Sources

coordinates: wikipedia-2026-08-27 · sources retrieved 2026-08-26 · dynasty page: Undetermined