Purnagiri Mandir — Attraction in Uttarakhand

Purnagiri Temple, also known by as the Punyagiri is a holy place located in Champawat district of Uttarakhand. The place lies pretty close to the Nepal border and is a mere 20 kms from Tanakpur. There’s a further 3 km stretch from Tunyas that leads to the temple.

Purnagiri Devi Temple is one of the 52 Shakti Peeths located in India. The Purnagiri temple is known to be one of the most highly revered holy places of India and sees many people reach there. It has devotees and followers reaching there every season. There are further fairs organized here in the temple which attract even more number of followers.

It’s a precedent here that a devotee comes here in the devotion of Purnagiri Devi and ties a thread whilst making a wish. If the wish gets fulfilled, the devotees need to come back and untie the thread from the temple. It’s presumed that wishes that devotees make here are fulfilled always. It is said that the temple has a legendary story where Daksha wanted to take revenge on Lord Shiva and performed yagna on this very temple. Upon the suicide of Sati, Shiva performed a Tandav and his Chakra cut the pieces of Sati’s body which fell at different places which became the known...

Maata purnagiri temple is also known as ‘punyagiri’ refers as the mountain of good deeds. It is localized close to the Nepal border at a distance of about 20 km from Tanakpur of district Champawat in state Uttarakhand, India. From Tanakpur a traversable road till Thulligarh from which Tunyas has to be reached by an under construction road. People go on foot from Thulligarh to temple via ‘Baans ki Charhaai’ comes to ‘Hanuman Chatti’. This temple is located on the top of the mountain above 3000 meters from sea level. A trek about 3km is needed to reach the top of the mountain (temple).

The arena is so beautiful. River ‘Kaali’ is streaming between two mountains head on to each other, on one of them is Purnagiri and another mountain has a temple of ‘Baba Siddh Nath’. The mountain Purnagiri shrouded with Shops and ‘Dharamshalas’ where tourists and devotees can stay and enjoy the place. Arena from the top of the Purnagiri mountain is pleasant. As we can see some Nepali villages, streaming of river, townships. Tourists and devotees can enjoy this beautiful view from the top...

Maa Purnagiri Temple is also known as ‘punyagiri’ refers as the mountain of good deeds. It is localized close to the Nepal border at a distance of about 20 km from Tanakpur of district Champawat in state Uttarakhand, India. From Tanakpur a traversable road till Thulligarh from which Tunyas has to be reached by an under construction road. People go on foot from Thulligarh to temple via ‘Baans ki Charhaai’ comes to ‘Hanuman Chatti’. This temple is located on the top of the mountain above 3000 meters from sea level. A trek about 3km is needed to reach the top of the...