Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited Jageshwar Dham in Almora, offering prayers at the popular pilgrimage site.
PM Modi performed a puja at one of the country’s holiest and popular tourist sites, which is situated at a height of about 6200 feet.
The Jageshwar Dham comprises about 224 stone temples.
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami accompanied the Prime Minister Modi on his visit to the site.
Commencing his one-day visit to Uttarakhand earlier, PM Modi also paid obeisance to Adi Kailash at his holy abode Parvatikund. After his visit to Parvati Kund, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mingled with locals and took the blessings of the elderly at the Gunji village in the Pitthoragarh district of Uttarakhand.