Legend, Importance, Spiritual and Adventure Activities of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand
Bageshwar, the historical, ancient town and district place of Uttarakhand is located on the confluence of sacred river Saryu and Gomati at height of 1004 mtrs. It is highly important and sacred town as mentioned in sacred text and associated with Lord Shiva and popular for its scenic view, glacier, temples, rivers and heritage culture. Bageshwar is surrounded by the mountains of Bhileshwar and Nileshwar in its east and west and Suraj Kund and Agni Kund in the north and south.
As per the legend, Lord Shiva visited the Bageshwar temple – Baghnath in form of Tiger –Bagh when saint Markendeya used to lived there. Thus this temple is very popular and known as Bagheshwara temple after thi
