Counted among the 12 Jyotirlings in the country, Jageshwar lies in a beautiful narrow valley hedged by monarch-sized, ancient deodars. Of the over 100 small and large shrines of this complex, the three outstanding ones, in terms of sculpture, are dedicated of Jageshwar, Mrityunjaya and Pushtidevi.
Jageshwar is located at an altitude of 6140 feet, in the Jataganga river valley near a Deodar forest
Jageshwar main Mandir where the Jageshwar Pind is there.
There are many big Deodar trees which can be as big as 10 meter wide trunk. Different numbers are given to the trees like, Deodar no 1, Deodar no 2 according to sizes.
Due to the thefts of idol it is removed and kept in the Jageshwar Archeological Museum nearby Jageshwar. One can see the beautiful sculptures inside the museum.
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