Patal Bhuvaneshwar Cave Temple , Pithoragarh, Uttarakhand

Found 91 kms from Pithoragarh on the best approach to Berinag, at a rise of around 1350 m, this profoundly adored sanctum is devoted to Lord Shiva. The sub-terranean sanctuary of Lord Shiva is arranged with  sprawling insides. Limestone rock arrangements have made different dynamite stalactite and stalagmite figures. The route to the hole sanctuary is through a long, tight shaft. Inside the cavern, the limestone developments have come to fruition of numerous Gods and Goddesses of Hindu pantheon. The types of Ganesha, Sheshnag, Garurh, Shivling and so forth are particularly obvious to the professors. Its prominently accepted that the holiest hollow is the house 33 crore Gods and Goddesses, in the midst of indisputably the Himalayan detachment Patal Bhuvaneshwar is not only one hole, rather a cavern city. Buckles inside holes, steps prompting an alternate, every one unmasking profound privileged insights from inside. The engine capable street closes a large portion of a kilometer far from the hollow door. You need to drop about 100 steps into this slender hollow, to achieve the sanctum sanctorum, which gives a mind-boggling feeling that you are going into the middle of the earth

 Each one stone, every stalagmite inside each one cavern or entryway in eminent erection delights the story of Hindu pantheon in the states of Gods, Goddesses, paragons of piety and known legendary characters.

As per the conviction Kind Rituparna of the Sun tradition (Surya Vansha) found the collapse Treta Yug. It has been portrayed in the Manas Khand of Skand Puran. Adi Guru Shankaracharya went by this collapse 1191 AD. That was the start of the current journey history at Patal Bhuvaneshwar. 

 The excursion inside the cavern must be conveyed in weak lights, holding defensive iron chains. The stone arrangements of Sheshnag can be seen, holding earth, paradise the worked underneath. Safe house is performed in a faintly lit grave climate, under the spell of blessed serenades. You will likewise be awed by the gigantic stalactites called Jatas of Lord Shiva, placed at the diverse areas inside the hole.

It is accepted that Pandavans, the Mahabharata's saints continued towards their last excursion in the Himalayas in the wake of pondering here, before Lord Shiva

The minister families, the Bhandaris are performing religious rituals at Patal Bhuvaneshwar since the time of the Adi Guru Shankaracharya. More than 20 eras in the line! They are a fortune place of legends, legends, tales and data about this sacred spot.

The ruler loved Kshetrapal for two months. Kshetrapal showed up before him and educated that there lay the icons of every last one of Gods in the holes. He acquainted Rituparna with Adisesha (Seshnag), maker of the hollow.

Seshnag lifted Rituparna on his head and visited the hollow all around for six months and sent him over with the cautioning that disclosure of this mystery spot would bring about his passing. Yet not able to stifle reality from his bothering wife (ruler) he uncovered the mystery and lost his life. After at some point, with awesome trouble, the ruler arrived at this spot. She ran inside the cavern with the assistance of a rope and later assembled the stairs. The monarch could see just the icons and did not have Divyadarshan. On her give back, the ruler, depicted the district that had stayed obscure for a large number of years, and later the Kings of Chand and Katyuri administrations discovered this spot on the premise of the purana. Developing as a position of enthusiasm on the universal tourism map, Patal Bhuvaneshwar is a marvel of the Nature.

Arranged around 37 km from Chaukori and 14 km from Gangolihat in Pithorgarh area in Uttaranchal, this underground buckle of Patal Bhuvaneshwar has a vertical 120-meter shaft like way to go inside. The sanctuary is in the midst of a thick woods of oak and deodar.