Gopinath Mandir

Gopinath Mandir is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva in Gopeshwar, Chamoli District, Uttarakhand, India.

Gopinath Temple^[1] is situated in Gopeshwar village now part of Gopeshwar town.
Gopinath Temple is an ancient temple dedicated to Lord Shiva, located at Gopeshwar, in Uttaranchal. The temple stands out in its architectural proficiency; it is topped by a magnificent dome and the 30 sq ft (2.8 m²) sanctum sanctorum, which is aessible by 24 doors.

The remains of broken idols found around the temple testify the existence of several more temples in ancient times. There is a trident about 5 m high, which dates back to the 12th century, in the courtyard of the temple made of eight different metals. It boasts the inscriptions attributed to Anekmalla, the king of Nepal who reigned in the 13th century. Four short inscriptions written in Devanagri, which dates back to a later period, are yet to be deciphered, baring one.

Legend is that the trident got fixed in this spot, when Lord Shiva threw it at Lord Kama to kill him. The metal of the trident is not weathered by the elements and this is a wonder. The legend goes that the trident belonged to Shiva who threw it at Kamdeva ( The God Of Love) to kill him and it got fixed in this spot. It is believed that while brute force can not move this Trident, the slightest touch by a true devotee can cause a tremor in it. The metal of the trident does not appear to have become weathered by the elements over the century.

References

↑ http://chamoli.nic.in/gopinath.htm

Hindu Temples in Uttarakhand

Almora	Golu Devta Temple Jageshwar

Bageshwar	Bagnath Temple

Chamoli	Badrinath Temple Kalpeshwar Rudranath Tungnath

Champawat	Baleshwar Temple

Dehradun	Lakhamandal Mahasu Devta Temple Rishikesh

Haridwar	Chandi Devi Temple Daksheswara Mahadev Temple Har Ki Pauri Mansa Devi Temple Maya Devi Temple

Nainital	Garjiya Devi Temple

Pauri Garhwal	Devprayag Neelkanth Mahadev Temple

Pithoragarh	Berinag

Rudraprayag	Guptakashi Kedarnath Temple Madhyamaheshwar Rudraprayag Triyuginarayan Temple

Tehri Garhwal	Rudreshwar Mahadev Temple Surkanda Devi Temple

Udham Singh Nagar	Moteshwar Mahadev Temple Maa Balsundari Temple

Uttarkashi	Gangotri Yamunotri

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