Kalpeshwar

Uttarakhand

Kalpeshwar is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at an elevation of 2,200 m (7,217.8 ft) in the Urgam valley in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state in India. The temple's ancient legend linked to the Pandavas, heroes of the epic Mahabharata, is the fifth temple of the Panch Kedar of Shiva's five anatomical divine forms; the other four temples in the order of their worship are Kedarnath, Rudranath, Tungnath and Madhyamaheshwar temples; all in the Kedar Khand region of the Garhwal Himalayas. Kalpeshwar is the only Panch Kedar temple accessible throughout the year. At this small stone temple, approached through a cave passage, the matted tress (jata) of Shiva is worshipped. Earlier it was approachable only by 12 km (7.5 mi) trek from the nearest road head of Helang on the Rishikesh-Badrinath road but now the road goes up to Devgram village from where the trek now is just 300 metres. The road is accessible to bicycles and small cars except in monsoons.

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Where it is

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How to reach

By train: nearest station Dehradun railway station (DDN), about 173 km by road.
By air: Jolly Grant Airport (DED), about 160 km by road.

In-depth temple guides nearby

Shri Kalpeshwar Temple – Urgam valley, near Devgram and Urgam villages, Chamoli district (about 5 km)
Shri Rudranath Temple – High meadows above Gopeshwar, inside the Kedarnath Musk Deer (Wildlife) Sanctuary, Chamoli district (about 14 km)
Shri Badrinath Temple (Badrinarayan) – Badrinath, Chamoli district, on the Alaknanda river between the Nar and Narayan ranges (about 28 km)
Shri Tungnath Temple – Above Chopta, on Chandranath (Chandrashila) parbat, Rudraprayag district, Garhwal Himalaya (about 29 km)
Shri Madhyamaheshwar (Madmaheshwar) Temple – Above Gaundar village, Mansuna valley, Rudraprayag district, Garhwal Himalaya (about 31 km)

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