Tungnath is the highest temple in the world and is one of the five and the highest Panch Kedar

Panch Kedar

Panch Kedar refers to five Hindu temples or holy places of the Shaivite sect dedicated to god Shiva. They are located in the Garhwal Himalayan region in Uttarakhand, India...

 temples located in the mountain range of Tunganath in the Rudraprayag district

Rudraprayag District

Rudraprayag district, is a district of Uttarakhand state of northern India. The district occupies an area of 2439 km². Rudraprayag town is the administrative headquarters of the district....

 of Tehri Garhwal, in Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand

Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...

, India

India

India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

. The Tunganath (literal meaning is lord of the peaks) mountains form the Mandakini

Mandakini

Mandakini is a former Bollywood actress. She had a brief, controversial career in Hindi movies and was rumoured to have a relationship with gangster Dawood Ibrahim.-Early life:Mandakini was born in an Indian family in Meerut...

 and Alaknanda river valleys. Located at an altitude of 3680 m (12,073 ft), the Tungnath temple is the highest Hindu shrine dedicated to Lord Shiva

Shiva

Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...

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