Kasar Devi Temple is a famous Hindu shrine which sits high at an altitude of 2,116 metres above sea level. This 2nd-century temple is adorned on a hillock overlooking the toy town of Almora. The temple is about 5 km downhill from Tarai Nagri and is surrounded by lofty pine and deodar trees. {{ keyword }}
Kasar Devi Temple is one of the three places on Earth under the impact of magnetic fields responsible for capturing Van Allen Belts discovered by NASA.
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Kasar Devi attracted poets, writers, actors, singers, and artists from almost all genres for more than decades. Numerous notable people from the world have been here – Harvard psychologist Timothy Leary, Swami Vivekananda, Rabindranath Tagore, Zohra Sehgal, and many others.
Kasar Devi temple is dedicated to Goddess Parvati emergence Kaushiki – Durga avatar. The Devi Bhagawat Puran from Hindu literature describes that she slew the two demons Shumbh and Nishumbh, at the hill of Kasar Devi. {{ keyword }} It is said that imprints of Goddess Durga’s lion are still behind the idol on a rock face.
