About twenty miles
north of the town of Ukhimath, in the Garhwal area of the Himalayas, is a
temple and holy spot (tirtha).
The god Shiva, manifested as Madmaheshvar, is the temple's
presiding deity.
Madmaheshvar is one of the five holy locations in the
Garhwal area known as the Panchkedar; the other four are Kedarnath, Rudranath,
Tungnath, and Kalpeshvar.
Madmaheshvar is Shiva's navel, and this network of five
locations is said to constitute a symbolic portrayal of Shiva's body.
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