Kalpeshwar

Kalpeshwar Temple
Kalpeshwar Cave Temple
Religion
Affiliation	Hinduism
Deity	Shiva
Festivals	Maha Shivaratri
Location
State	Uttarakhand
Country	India
Location in Uttarakhand
Geographic coordinates	30°34′37.35″N 79°25′22.49″E / 30.5770417°N 79.4229139°E / 30.5770417; 79.4229139
Architecture
Type	North-Indian Himalayan Architecture
Creator	Pandavas (according to legend)
Completed	Unknown

Kalpeshwar (Sanskrit: कल्पेश्वर) is a Hindu temple dedicated to Shiva located at an elevation of 2,200 m (7,217.8 ft) in the Urgam valley in the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand state in India. The temple's ancient legend linked to the Pandavas, heroes of the epic Mahabharata, is the fifth temple of the Panch Kedar (five temples) of Shiva's five anatomical divine forms; the other four temples in the order of their worship are Kedarnath, Rudranath, Tungnath and Madhyamaheshwar temples; all in the Kedar Khand region of the Garhwal Himalayas.^[1][2][3] Kalpeshwar is the only Panch Kedar temple accessible throughout the year. At this small stone temple, approached through a cave passage, the matted tress (jata) of Shiva is worshipped. Earlier it was approachable only by 12 km (7.5 mi) trek from the nearest road head of Helang on the Rishikesh-Badrinath road but now the road goes up to Devgram village from where the trek now is just 300 metres. The road is accessible to bicycles and small cars except in monsoons.^[1]