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This is celebrated in Nainital, Uttar Pradesh in the month of September at the Shrine of Naina Devi near the local lake Legend informs us that the festival was initiated by Baj Bahadur Chand, a contemporary of Mughal king Aurangzeb.

Pilgrims from hilly areas throng here to witness this grand festival. Naina or Nanda Devi is the presiding deity, in the form of a bride. This daughter of the hill, leaves her parents home for her husband Lord Shiva’s abode at Trishul.

Pilgrimage is known as Nanda Devi Raj Jatra that is observed with much fanfare in Chamoli district of Garhwal.

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