Katarmal

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[[File:Katarmal.jpg|thumb|454x454px|Katarmal Sun Temple Complex]]
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'''Katarmal''' is a remote village located in [[Kumaon Division]], in [[Almora District]], [[Uttarakhand]], [[India]].

==Location==
Katarmal is located at a distance of 1.5 km from Kosi village and 12 km from the district centre, [[Almora]]<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|last=Sajwan|first=Venita|title=A lesser-known sun temple at Katarmal|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2002/20020817/windows/site.htm|accessdate=8 July 2013|newspaper=The Tribune|date=17 August 2002}}</ref> and 70 km from [[Nainital]].<ref name=sun>{{cite web|title=Katarmal Sun temple,Almora |url=http://www.nainitaltourism.com/katarmal_sun_temple.html|publisher=Nainital Tourism|accessdate=9 July 2013}}</ref> Located at a height of 2116 meters above sea level, it is well connected by road, 30 km away from [[Khairna]], Garampani ([[Nainital]], [[Haldwani]], Coordinates: 29°29'39"N 79°28'46"E) & 33 km from [[Ranikhet]] and Kausani the nearest connecting point being near Kosi village.<ref name=tribune/> The G.B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development, established in 1988 serves as a nodal agency for research and development and was established here by Government of India.<ref name=pant>{{cite web|title=G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development|url=http://gbpihed.gov.in/main.htm|publisher=G. B. Pant Institute of Himalayan Environment and Development|accessdate=20 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726030147/http://gbpihed.gov.in/main.htm|archive-date=26 July 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Surya temple==
Katarmal is known for a relatively rare [[Surya]] temple, constructed by the [[Katyuri Kings]] in the 9th century CE.<ref name=tribune/> Katarmalla, a Katyuri king constructed this temple, which has 44 smaller temples around the main deity of Surya, which called as Burhadita or Vraddhaditya.<ref name=sun/> Other deities like Shiva-Parvathi and Lakshmi-Narayana. are also established in this temple complex. The carved wooden doors and panels were transported to the National Museum, Delhi, after an idol from the 10th century was stolen.<ref name=tribune/> The temple, which holds other carvings on walls and panels, was declared a monument of national importance under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act of 1958.<ref name=tribune/>

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Almora district |state=collapsed}}
{{Sun temples}}
[[Category:Villages in Almora district]]
[[Category:Surya temples]]

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