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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''Kharsali''' is a small village near [[Yamunotri Temple]] in [[Uttarakhand]], India, that hosts the idol of [[Goddess Yamuna]] during winters, after it is brought down in a ritual ceremony from the temple, some fifteen hundred feet higher, as it becomes inaccessible after being snowed in.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GgneDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA300|title=The Four Dhamas of the Himalayas: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunetri|first=Trilochan|last=Dash|date=July 3, 2017|publisher=Soudamini Dash|via=Google Books}}</ref> The priests of the Yamunotri Temple hail from this village.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ctQvCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT99|title=Sacred Waters: A Pilgrimage to the Many Sources of the Ganga|first=Stephen|last=Alter|date=February 10, 2009|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=9789352140763|via=Google Books}}</ref> The idol is brought down from the temple, a four-mile trek away, during the festival of [[Diwali]] (usually in October) with great celebration, and returns to the temple in spring (in April).<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=63uDsPPr48gC&pg=PA56|title=River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India|first1=David L.|last1=Haberman|first2=Professor in the Department of Religious Studies David L.|last2=Haberman|date=July 21, 2006|publisher=University of California Press|isbn=9780520247895|via=Google Books}}</ref><br />
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