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High medieval · Hindu · India

Rudranath Temple

रुद्रनाथ मन्दिर

Rudranath, Uttarakhand · 30.5138°, 79.2956°

Shiva, worshipped here as his faceUndeterminedNorth Indian HimalayanPanch Kedar
Sacred since
1000 CE
first attestation / structure
Standing structure
dating unrecorded
Undetermined

History & significance

A Shiva shrine at roughly 3,600 m in the Garhwal Himalaya where the face of the god is worshipped, forming the fourth temple of the Panch Kedar circuit. It is also a site for ancestral rites.

Sthala katha — the legend

When Bhima caught the bull into which Shiva had transformed, it sank into the ground and reappeared in five parts, the face emerging at Rudranath.

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Sources

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