Danda Nagraja Temple, Pauri Garhwal, Dev Bhoomi Uttarakhand

You know Lord Shri Krishna by many names, Nanda's Lal, Gopis' Kanhaiya, Murali Murari etc. He also has a large number of devotees in Hinduism. Especially that Mathura and Dwarka are the places known by them, where you will see many temples of Lord Krishna together. Lord Shri Krishna is his main deity for the residents here. Similarly in the state of Uttarakhand, there is an area where Lord Krishna is worshiped in a unique form, in the form of Danda Nagaraja.

Danda Nagaraja Temple, located in Pauri district of Uttarakhand state, is famous among devotees as well as tourists for its unique stories and beliefs. This temple located in the Banelasyuham Patti is situated at a distance of about 37 km from Pauri. In the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand, Nagaraja, this unique avatar of Lord Shri Krishna, is very much recognized. This temple of Krishna ji is the main center of faith in the entire Pauri district and Garhwal region.

This temple lies on the Adwani-Baganikhal road, about 45 km from Pauri city. Nagaraja, one of the incarnations of Lord Krishna in the Garhwal region, has the highest recognition of Devashakti. Though the main abode of Dev Nagaraja is at Semmukhem in Uttarkashi, it is said that both Semmukhem and this temple are the same.

Origin of temple name

According to the mythology, it is said that Lord Shri Krishna loved this place very much, due to which he took the form of a snake and revolved around it here and there, since then the name of the temple was called Danda Nagaraja. Snakes and snakes were said to be the offspring of Maharishi Kashyapa and Daksha, the entire Kadru, in the Mahabharata. Nagaraja in the central Himalayas is familiar with the ancient times as a cosmic deity.

Surrounded by dense trees of Kafal, Banj and Burans, this temple is one of the major attractions in Pauri district. The temple is situated at the height of the hill, from where the beautiful view of the hills of Maa Chandrabadni (Tehri), Bhairavagadhi (Kirtikhal), Mahabgarh (Yamakeshwar), Kandolia (Puri) is visible. The original inhabitants say that the temple was established about 140 years ago.