[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Historical geography](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography) › [The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899) › c5.s5.26 # The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.26 The Geographical Dictionary of Ancient and Mediaeval India c5.s5.26 - **Language:** English ### [c5.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.26) Gaurīkuṇḍa—1. A holy place at a very short distance below Gaṅgotrī, where the Kedār-Gaṅgā debouches into the Bhāgīrathī (Fraser's \*Himala Mountains\*, p. 466). Below Gaurīkuṇḍa, there is a small temple dedicated to the goddess Gaṅgā. The temple is situated precisely on the sacred stone on which Bhagīratha performed asceticism to bring down the goddess (\*Ibid.\*, p. 468). 2. A sacred lake on the Kailāsa mountain, which is the source of rivers Sindhu and Sarajū (Rāmānanda Bhāratī's \*Himāraṇya\*). 3. There is another sacred pool known by the name of Gaurīkuṇḍa which is one day's journey from Kedārnāth (Fraser's \*Himala Mountains\*, p. 301), or about eight miles to the south of the latter, containing a spring of hot water. 4. A hot spring on the bank of the Kālī-gaṅgā on the boundary of Nepal and the British district of Almora. - [Previous: c5.s5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.25) - [Next: c5.s5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.27) - [Up: c5.s5](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.geography.dey-1899.c5.s5.26) · Pramāṇa