Historical Geography of Ancient India c6.125

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c6.125

Badrināth.—It is in Garhwal. It is a peak of the main Himalayan range, 55 miles north-east of Śrīnagara. Near the source of the Alakanandā the temple of Nara-Nārāyaṇa was built on the west bank. This temple is said to have been built by Śaṅkarācārya in the 8th century A.D. (Law, Holy Places of India, p. 18; Imperial Gazetteers of India by W. W. Hunter, pp. 287ff.).

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