Garur
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| Coordinates: 29°53′52″N 79°37′00″E / 29.89788°N 79.616798°ECoordinates: 29°53′52″N 79°37′00″E / 29.89788°N 79.616798°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Bageshwar |
| Named for | Temple of garur, a holy hindu bird |
| Elevation | 1,150 m (3,770 ft) |
| Population (January 2014) | |
| • Total | Approx 11,150 |
| • Density | 2,500/km2 (6,000/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 263641 |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Nearest city | Almora, Bageshwer, Nainital & Haldawni |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Almora Pithoragarh |
| Climate | [[Climatic regions of India|Summer 25 degree and winter 0 to 10 ]] (Köppen) |
| Website | uk |
Garur is a town in the Bageshwar district of the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Nearby places include Kausani, Baijnath, Gwaldam and Bageshwar.
After Kausani, Garur is midway between Gwaldam and Bageshwar and is a major bus station for KMVN buses and is close to 490 kilometres away from Delhi on route to Delhi-Gajraula-Muradabad-Bhawali-Khairna-Almora-Someshwar-Kausani-Garur-Baijnath - Gwaldam.
The neighbouring villages also include Garhsher, Gagrigol, Chitrapal, Tilsari, Salani, Mattee, Bheta, Lobanj, Dangoli, Wajula, Dhaina. Garur is about 16 km away from Kausani. From Garur about 25 km is Gwaldam which comes in Garhwal.
Some of villages nearby Garur are Silli, Amoli, Matena (Joshikhola), Darsani, Anna, Paye, Jijoli, Bhagartola, Dyonai, Motisyari, Baijnath, Shemar and Kajuli.
There is bus service from Anand Vihar Bus Terminus in New Delhi and there are air-conditioned as well as non-air-conditioned buses travelling between Delhi to Bageshwar via Garur or Delhi to Tharali via Garur all plying in the evening. Train services i.e. Anand Vihar - Shatabdi Express Train available up to Kathgodown, Ranikhet Express as well as Sampark Kranti Express Train are available from Old Delhi Railway Station up to Kathgodown and also train services up to Kathgodowm can be used from Lucknow, Jaipur, Derhradun and Kolkatta.
Around 5–6 km from Garur there is a temple of Bhagwati Mata (Kot Ka Mandir) (traces of Ma Bhrami can be found in the last two paragraph of Chapter Eleven of Durga Shaptashati Path - The most sacred Hindu Book equivalent to Gita and Ramayana), which once was a fort owned by the Katyuri Kings. Also there is a myth that Adi Shankaracharya stayed on this temple overnight while en route to Badrinath. There is widespread belief among the local populace that the goddess, (after whom the temple is named) Kot Bhramri Devi's, Goddess face should not be shown to anyone except the priest of the temple if not followed this advice the entire Katur Valley will face ill luck and massive disaster will follow hence backside of the goddess is worshipped, except during the annual festival of "Nandaashtmi" during Bhadrapad Ashtami or Radha Ashtami during September month(the state government declares as State holiday) or when the Raj Jaat Yatra which takes place once in twelve year. Since last 150 Years buffalo and Lamb used to be sacrificed in the name of Nandaashtami has been stopped by The Honorable High Court of Nainital on a Public Interest Litigation filed by Animal Protection Society and as a result under police protection this practice has stopped. Though the Goddess Ma Bhramri is Satvik but some 200 years back during Nepalese Invasasion and their Kingdom, local deity Ma Nandadevi's status got installed at Kot Bhramri Mandir as a result animal sacrifice got started some 200 years back.
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