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Jageshwar Dham

Jāgeśvara Dhāma
जागेश्वर धाम · ஜாகேசுவர் தாம்
📍 Jageshwar (Bhanoli tehsil), UttarakhandŚaiva🕉 Shiva✓ every claim sourced

Overview

Jageshwar Dham, a group of some 124 stone temples in a deodar valley of Kumaon, is among the most remarkable temple clusters of the Himalaya. The Shri Jageshwar Mandir Prabandhan Samiti manages the dham through an official Uttarakhand Government site, which also states this tradition's claim to the Nāgeśa Jyotirliṅga.

2 sources
  • Official Almora district portal (almora.nic.in) — Jageshwar Dham page
  • Official Jageshwar Dham — official Uttarakhand Government site (jageshwar-jyotirlinga.uk.gov.in)

Sthala Purāṇa tradition

In the Kumaoni tradition stated on the dham's official site, this deodar valley is the Dārukāvana of the Nāgeśvara legend — the forest where Śiva rose to destroy the oppressors and abide as Nāgeśa.

1 source
  • Official Jageshwar Dham — official Uttarakhand Government site (jageshwar-jyotirlinga.uk.gov.in)

History documented

Post-Gupta to medieval

The Almora district administration dates the complex to the post-Gupta and pre-medieval era, and the Archaeological Survey of India's Jageshwar museum holds 174 sculptures from the Jageshwar, Dandeshwar and Kuber temple groups, datable from the 9th to the 13th century CE.

2 sources
  • Official Almora district portal (almora.nic.in) — Jageshwar Dham page
  • Archaeology Archaeological Survey of India — Jageshwar Museum page

Which temple is the kṣetra? claims side by side

Contradiction Protocol: the Uttarakhand tradition: stated on the temple's own Uttarakhand Government site — identifies Jageshwar as the Nāgeśa/Dārukāvana Jyotirliṅga ('Nagesham Darukavane'; eighth in the smaraṇa śloka's order). The Gujarat tradition identifies the kṣetra with Nageshwar near Dwarka, the Maharashtra tradition with Aundha Nagnath. MandirPal presents all three and adjudicates none; see the Nageshwar (Dwarka) and Aundha Nagnath entries alongside this one.

2 sources
  • Official Jageshwar Dham — official Uttarakhand Government site (jageshwar-jyotirlinga.uk.gov.in)
  • Śāstra Dvādaśa Jyotirliṅga Stotram (traditionally attributed to Ādi Śaṅkara)

Festivals

Jageshwar Monsoon Festival

Celebrated in the holy month of Śrāvaṇa (August), per the Ministry of Tourism.

1 source
  • Official Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism, GoI) — Jageshwar Dham page

Śivarātri Melā

The Shivaratri Mela falls between February and March, per the Ministry of Tourism.

1 source
  • Official Incredible India (Ministry of Tourism, GoI) — Jageshwar Dham page

Dates published by the Ministry of Tourism; the Samiti's own calendar to follow.

Visiting verified

Darshan Hours
Winter 5:00 AM – 6:00 PM; summer 4:30 AM – 7:30 PM, per the Ministry of Tourism's Incredible India portal.
✓ verified 2026-08-01 · official source
Online Services
Pūjā booking and donations via the official Uttarakhand Government site jageshwar-jyotirlinga.uk.gov.in; a booking office also operates at the temple complex.
✓ verified 2026-08-01 · official source

Official

Administration
Shri Jageshwar Mandir Prabandhan Samiti (established 16 June 2014), manager's office near the main gate, Jageshwar, Almora.
✓ verified 2026-08-01 · official source
Website
https://jageshwar-jyotirlinga.uk.gov.in/
✓ verified 2026-08-01 · official source

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