Each top, lake or mountain extent is some way or another or the other joined with some myth or the name of a Divine being or Goddess, running from those connected with the Shaiva, Shakta and Vaishnava customs, to neighborhood Divine beings like Ham, Saim, Golla, Chhurmal, Kail Bisht, Bholanath, Gangnath, Breezy and Chaumu. Sanctuaries are devoted to the nine well known Goddesses, other neighborhood Goddesses, Bhairava, Surya and Ganesh. The sanctuaries at Jageshwar, Bageshwar, Binsar, Thalkedar, Rameshwar, Pancheshwar, Baijnath and Gananath are committed to Master Shiva. The sanctuaries of Devidhura, Gangolihat, Pumagiri, Almora, Nainital, Kot Ki Mai and Kotgari Devi are connected with the Shakt custom, while the area of Lohaghat – Champawat (Mount Kandeo) is connected with Kunna Symbol. This district additionally has two well known Sun sanctuarie
- Naina Devi: Naina Devi is a name for the Goddess Parvati. As indicated by the Jagars Naina Devi was set up in Kumaon by the Katyuri ruler Jiya Rani. Then again there is a myth which discusses Sati’s jumping so as to submit suicide into a conciliatory flame, when she and Ruler Shiva were offended by her dad Dakshaprajapati amid a Yajnya, to which Shiva and Sati had not been welcomed in any case. The myth goes ahead to say that while Shiva was taking Sati’s body away, her eye tumbled down at a spot close to the sanctuary of Pashan Devi in Nainital. In this manner, as indicated by myth Naina Devi is none other than the goddess Parvati. (The story Sati was renewed as Parvati).
- Nanda Devi: Nanda Devi is the Greek Goddess ‘Nana’, who went to the Himalaya with the Indo – Greeks and Kushan Rulers. In any case, the certainty remains that Nanda Devi is normally a Kumaoni goddess and most well known in the district. Alluding to the rich religious myths and legends connected with Uttaranchal, E.T. Atkinson has said: ‘To the convictions of the immense dominant part of Hindus, the Kumaon (Himalaya) is the thing that Palestine is to the Christian
