Best Temples of Dehradun
Dehradun is also known as the ‘city of love’ because of its pleasant climate and unfiltered beauty of nature. Dehradun also have religious significance and have references in hindu scriptures of Mahabharata and Ramayana. Dehradun is place of peace and spirituality. Dehradun is also capital city of Uttrakhand. Dehradun is also known as “Dronanagri”. Because the great teacher of ‘kuravas’ and ‘pandvas’ Dronacharya live in this village at the time of Mahabharata. There are many beautiful temple present in dehradun which are one of the tourist attraction. here are some best temples that you can visit in dehradun.
6 Best temples to visit in dehradun
Raghunath temple
This raghunath ji temple is properly dedicated to lord ram and his wife mata sita. This temple is located at rishikesh and is considered as one of the most important place for religious ceremonies. This temple is very famous and one of the most visited hindu temple. People come here to pray and have blessings from lord ‘Rama’. This temple is perfect for meditating and having peace of mind. This temple is recommended as to be first in your list.
Tapkeshwar temple
Tapkeshwar temple is dedicated to lord shiva. This temple is very special because tapkeshwar temple the is only temple where not only humans but nature is also pouring water on shivlinga continuously in the form of droplets. And hence it is one of the reason that this temple is called tapkeshwar. This temple is located at the top of a natural cave. This is around 6000 year old and place where guru dronacharya used to meditate at the time of Mahabharata. At the entries one large lord hanuman statue is also present there. Tapkeshwar temple is 6.5 km far from dehradun city center. You can visit this temple by hiring a cab service. You can visit our taxi service in Dehradun and check it out.
Laxman siddh temple
Laxman siddh temple is a underrated temple but this small temple contain lot of peace and greenery around the whole surrounding. Local people of there belive that this temple is build at the place where lord laxman, small brother of lord rama used to meditate for emancipation after they kill asur Ravan. There is a small market out of the temple. This temple is situated 12.6 km far from the center of dehradun city. One should to visit here for the peace of mind.
Tungnath temple
Tungnath temple is a beautiful temple to visit in dehradun. And it is also world highest shiva mandir and one of panch kedar temple. The high altitude of temple give great view from above and photosque scenario. This temple is a famous as tungnath temple because according to the hindu scriptures lord Parshuram killed a asur named tunga here. The temple was made to give honour to lord parshuram on the name of asur they killed. Spiritual belief and great architecture of the temple attract people to visit the temple
Chandrabani temple
Chandrabani temple is famous temple dedicated to goddess chandrabani. Surrounded by green shivalik hills and beautiful scene- scenarios. This temple is also known as Gautama kund by the locals. This temple is located 8 km far from the center of dehradun city and will take only 2-3 hours to visit the temple perfectly, however this temple should to be in your list for visiting best temple in dehradun.
These are some good temples to visit in Dehradun that you should not miss on your next visit. We at maharana cabs offers temple taxis like Dehradun to kedarnath taxi and Dehradun to badrinath cabs at best prices.