Statistical, Descriptive And Historical Account of the North-Western Provinces of India
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The analysis of these lists shows that there are 250 Saiva temples in Kumaon and 350 in Garhwal, and that there are but 35 Vai^hnava temples in Kumaon and 61 in Garhwal. To the latter class may, however, be added 65 temples to Ndgraja in GarhwM which are by common report affiliated to the Vaishnava sects, but in which Siva also has a place under the form of Bhairava. Of the Saiva temples, 130 in Garh- wal and 64 in Kumaon are dedicated to the S^kti or female form 702 HIMALAYAN DISTRICTS alone, ...but of the Vaishnava temples in both districts only eight. The S4kti form of both Siva and Vishnu, however, occurs also in the temples dedicated to Ndgraja and Bhairava, or rather these deities and their Saktis are popularly held to be forms of Vishnu and Siva and their Saktis. Of the Saiva Sdkti temples, 42 in Uarhw^l and 18 in Kumaon are dedicated to Kdli, whilst the Sdkti forms of the Bhairava temples are also known as emanations of Kali. Kanda comes next in popularity and then Chandika and Durga.
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