Ekeshwar
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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Ekeshwar
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| settlement_type = Town/Block
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| coordinates = {{coord|29.942|N|78.8165|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = State
| subdivision_type2 = District
| subdivision_name1 = Uttarakhand
| subdivision_name2 = Pauri
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| elevation_m = 1820
| population_total = 28,035
| population_as_of = 2011
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| timezone1 = IST
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| postal_code_type = PIN
| postal_code = 246131
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| demographics1_info1 = Garhwali Hindi
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Ekeshwar is a block in Pauri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand. It is {{cvt|59|km}} from district headquarter Pauri, at an altitude of {{convert|1820|m}} in a rural region and surrounded by forest. Ekeshwar falls is in Chaubattakhal. There are 283 villages in Ekeshwar.{{Cite web |title=Full list of villages of Ekeshwar block in Pauri Garhwal district |url=https://www.viewvillage.in/villages-of-block/ekeshwar-402 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529075913/https://www.viewvillage.in/villages-of-block/ekeshwar-402 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=www.viewvillage.in}}
Climate
The climate remains moderate even in summer, by monsoon the atmosphere becomes pleasant. By the winter, the region are bitter cold. Amid January—February, high hills receive heavy snowfall.{{Cite web |title=About Ekeshwar, Ekshwar City Profile, Ekeshwar Information |url=https://ekeshwar.uttarakhandonline.in/city-guide/about-ekeshwar |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529082004/https://ekeshwar.uttarakhandonline.in/city-guide/about-ekeshwar |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-01-28 |website=ekeshwar.uttarakhandonline.in}}
Education
- Govt. Degree College Chaubattakhal, was established in 1979 as a higher education centre in remote areas.{{Cite web |last=indcareer.com |date=2013-08-13 |title=Government Degree College, Chaubattakhal |url=https://www.indcareer.com/uttarakhand/pauri-garhwal/government-degree-college-chaubattakhal |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529081436/https://www.indcareer.com/uttarakhand/pauri-garhwal/government-degree-college-chaubattakhal |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-02-14 |website=IndCareer.com |language=en}}
{{Infobox university
| name = Government Degree College, Chaubattakhal"Government Degree College, Chaubattakhal" https://www.indcareer.com/uttarakhand/pauri-garhwal/government-degree-college-chaubattakhal"Course Streams, Courses and Educational Institutions" https://www.vidyatime.com
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| type = Affiliated
| established = 1979
| affiliation = NAAC
| academic_affiliation = Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University
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| principal = DS Negi
| city = Chaubattakhal, Pauri Garhwal
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|29.9516|N|79.3001|E|}}
| campus = Rural
| campus_size = {{cvt|7.64|acre}}
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Religious shrines
Ekeshwar Mahadev
Ekeshwar Mahadev also known as "Igasar Mahadev" in local language. It is in Ekeshwar, {{cvt|20|km}} from Satpuli, surrounded by pines and Oak trees.{{Cite web |title=एकेश्वर महादेव, सतपुली |url=http://www.uttarakhandtemples.in/temples/Satpuli/ekeshwar-mahadev-satpuli |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529080443/http://www.uttarakhandtemples.in/temples/Satpuli/ekeshwar-mahadev-satpuli |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=www.uttarakhandtemples.in}}{{Cite book |last=Singh |first=Swami Prasad |url=https://archive.org/details/dli.csl.3036/mode/1up?view=theater&ui=embed&wrapper=false |title=Uttar Pradesh District Gazetteers: Garhwal |publisher=Lucknow, Department of District Gazetteers |year=1989 |location=Lucknow |pages=55–57 |language=English}}
It is believed that the Pandavas did penance at this place of Lord Shiva, during Mahabharata period. Although it is believed that the temple was built by Adi Shankaracharya, but the construction style of the temple is modern.
The self-styled Shivalinga is enshrined in the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
According to mythological reference Lord Shiva went Tarkeshwar Mahadev from Ekeshwar{{Cite web |last=Pokhriyal |first=Mukesh |title=Ekeshwar Mahadev Temple – Pinani Village, Pauri Garhwal, Uttrakhand |url=http://www.pinani.in/blog/ekeshwar-mahadev-temple/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529080710/http://www.pinani.in/blog/ekeshwar-mahadev-temple/ |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=Www.pinani.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Shaiv Circuit {{!}} Uttarakhand Tourism |url=https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/hi/node/1188 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529081039/https://uttarakhandtourism.gov.in/hi/node/1188 |archive-date=29 May 2022 |access-date=2022-02-09 |website=uttarakhandtourism.gov.in}}
References
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External links
- {{Cite book|last1=Handa|first1=O. C.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFPnh9B5zncC|title=Textiles, Costumes, and Ornaments of the Western Himalaya|last2=Hāṇḍā|first2=Omacanda|date=1998|publisher=Indus Publishing|isbn=978-81-7387-076-7|language=en}}
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Category:Cities and towns in Pauri Garhwal district
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