Painted statue of Lord Shiva on the banks of Ganges in Rishikesh in Neelkanth Mahadev Ashram Uttarakhand North India

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Painted statue of Lord Shiva on the banks of Ganges in Rishikesh in Neelkanth Mahadev Ashram Uttarakhand North India Shiva (/ˈʃivə/; Sanskrit: Śiva, meaning The Auspicious One'), also known as Mahadeva ('Great God'), is a popular Hindu deity. Shiva is regarded as one of the primary forms of God. He is the Supreme God within Shaivism, one of the three most influential denominations in contemporary Hinduism. He is one of the five primary forms of God in the Smarta tradition, and the Destroyer or the Transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. Sculpture Rishikesh is a city, municipal board and a tehsil in Dehradun district of the Indian state, Uttarakhand. Located in the foothills of the Himalayas in northern India, it is known as The Gateway to the Garhwal Himalayas. Rishikesh has been a part of the legendary Kedarkhand (the present day Garhwal). Legends state that Lord Rama did penance here for killing Ravana, the demon king of Lanka; and Lakshmana, his younger brother, crossed the river Ganges, at a point, where the present Lakshman Jhula (लक्ष्मण झूला) bridge stands today, using a jute rope bridge. The Kedar Khand of Skanda Purana, also mentions the existence of Indrakund at this very point. The jute-rope bridge was replaced by iron-rope suspension bridge in 1889, and after it was washed away in the 1924 floods, it was replaced by the present stronger bridge. Another similar suspension bridge Ram Jhula was built in 1986 at nearby Shivananda Nagar. The sacred river Ganges flows through Rishikesh. It is here that the river leaves the Shivalik mountains in the Himalayas and flows out into the plains of northern India. Several temples, ancient as well as new, can be found along the banks of the Ganges in Rishikesh. Shatrughna Mandir, Bharat Mandir, Lakshman Mandir are the ancient temples established by Adi Shankaracharya. Shatrughna Temple is located near Ram Jhula and Lakshman Mandir is near to Lakshman Jhula. As with Haridwar about an hour south, Rishikesh is considered by Hindus to be a holy city and is vegetarian by law. © Roland Pargeter

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