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Nanda Devi Temple

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Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Nanda Devi Temple
Address:
Lala Bazar | Mall Road, Almora 263601, India

The three-week-long Nanda Devi Raj Jat is a pilgrimage and festival of Uttarakhand in India. People from the entire Garhwal division-Kumaon division as well as other parts of India and the world participate in Nanda Devi Raj Jat Yatra. The goddess Nanda Devi is worshipped at dozens of places in Kumaon and Garhwal, but the region around Mt. Nanda Devi and its sanctuary, which falls in the Pithoragarh district, Almora district and Chamoli district, is the prime area related to Nanda Devi. In Chamoli, Nanda Devi Raj Jaat is organized once in 12 years. The Jaat starts from Nauti village near Karnprayag and goes up to the heights of Roopkund and Homekund with a four horned sheep. After the havan - yagna is over, the sheep is freed with decorated ornaments, food and clothings, and the other offerings are discarded. An annual Nanda Jaat is also celebrated. The Raj Jaat procession goes through villages, where there is a recognized Nanda Devi temple. At Koti, a night halt of the participants takes place where a night-long worship and celebrations take place. Though in the Johar Valley region, there is no tradition of Nanda Raj Jaat but the worship, dance and the ritual of collecting Bramhakamal is part of Nanda festivals. The Nanda Devi fair is held at Almora, Nainital, Kot , Ranikhet, Bhowali, Kichha and also in the far flung villages of Lohar and Pindar valleys . In the villages of the Pinder valley, people celebrate the Nanda Devi Jaat every year, while in Lohar people come from far and wide to Danadhar, Suring, Milam and Martoli in order to worship the Goddess. In Nainital and Almora, thousands take part in the procession carrying the dola of Nanda Devi. It is said that the Nanda Devi fairs started in Kumaon during the reign of the King Kalyan Chand in the 16th century. A three-day fair is held at Kot Ki Mai or Kot Bhramari Devi. The fair at Saneti comes every second year. Both these fairs are rich in folk expressions, and many village products are brought for sale. Due to the heavy rain and cloudburst in June 2013 in Uttarakhand, which led to major loss of life and property and caused massive destruction to the region, the Nanda Devi Raj Jaat Yatra from 29 scheduled to take place in August 2013 was postponed to the year 2014.
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