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.[1] The priests of the Yamunotri Temple hail from this village.[2] 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).[3]
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- ↑ The Four Dhamas of the Himalayas: Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri and Yamunetri, Dash, Trilochan. Soudamini Dash(July 3, 2017).
- ↑ Sacred Waters: A Pilgrimage to the Many Sources of the Ganga{{#if:Alter|, Alter}. Penguin Books Limited(February 10, 2009). ISBN 9789352140763
- ↑ River of Love in an Age of Pollution: The Yamuna River of Northern India{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. University of California Press(July 21, 2006). ISBN 9780520247895