Baijnath is a sacred place (tirtha) and archeological region in Uttar Pradesh's Himalayan foothills, about 45 miles north and west of the town of Almora.
- Baijnath is home to a temple complex that is thought to date back to the thirteenth century C.E.
- Only one of the temples is still in operation as a place of worship, although many of them have been beautifully maintained.
The main goddess at the temple is Shiva's wife Parvati, despite the fact that the site's name is a vernacular version of Vaidyanath, a form of the god Shiva.
- Her primary picture is a beautiful work of art cut from a chunk of rose-colored granite that is over four feet tall.
- The legendary tale of Shiva's wife Sati, her reincarnation as Parvati, and Parvati's remarriage to Shiva is depicted by smaller figures carved into the picture itself.
- The statue is obviously the work of a great sculptor, and it much surpasses the standard of art seen in such remote locations.
A statue of Vishnu made of a similar kind of stone and sculpted in a similar manner may be seen at a neighboring rural temple.
- The most straightforward explanation for this connection is that both pictures were created by the same sculptor.
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