Dhari Devi

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Dhari Devi a Hindu temple located on the banks of the Alaknanda River between Srinagar and Pauri Garhwal in the Garhwal Region of Uttarakhand, India. The temple is home to the upper half of the idol of the goddess Dhari, while the lower half of the idol is located in Kalimath, where she is worshipped as a manifestation of the Goddess Kali. She is considered to be the guardian deity of Uttarakhand and is revered as the protector of the Char Dham's. Her shrine is one of 108 Shakta pithas in India, as numbered by Srimad Devi Bhagwat.

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