NAINITAL - KASAR DEVI SHRINE

The name of Nainital and its emergence reads like a fantasy. And the present towns - like AImora Kumaon and the township around the renowned take Nainital are the gifts of Britishers who realising its rich potential developed it into a premier Summer Resort of India. In the dim past the original inhabitants, mostly shepherds building a small temple for the Goddess of Eye-Naini Devi, sought her eternal vigilance and called the lake Nainital - a lake with the temple for the Goddess of Eye. Later Raja Kalyan of Chand dynasty founded this Himalayan region and ruled it from Almora as capital. Handloom industry boasted its importance and with the advent of Britishers it turned out a great Summer Resort. It is here found a half dozen famous place of worship like Kasar Devi temple, Baijnath temple. Yogeswar temple etc., and they visited regularly both by locals and pilgrims.

Of them, the Kasar Devi temple merits reverent mention. Built on a high the Himalayas in the Katyuri architectural style, it is quite attractive is luring devotees perennially. The Mother is famous for releasing the devotees from the meshes of knotty problems instantaneously, if genuine prayers are offered. The beneficiaries throng here regularly land offer prayers. Annual festivals are celebrated with great religious zeal. It has foreign bhaktas among its devout nature bhaktas.

It is about 6 km off Almora, accessible by bus and on foot.

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