Kankhal
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Kankhal कनखल |
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 Kankhal
 Kankhal
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| Coordinates: 29°56′N 78°09′E / 29.93°N 78.15°ECoordinates: 29°56′N 78°09′E / 29.93°N 78.15°E | |
| Country |
 India
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| State | Uttarakhand |
| District | Haridwar |
| Elevation | 260 m (850 ft) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Hindi |
| Time zone | IST (UTC+5:30) |
| PIN | 249408 |
| Telephone code | 01334 |
| Vehicle registration | UK |
| Website | haridwar |
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Kankhal is a small colony in Haridwar in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand state in India.
Mentioned in the Vayu Purana and the Mahabharata as Kanakhala, Kankhal is one of 'Panch Tirth' (Five Pilgrimages) within Haridwar, with other spots being Gangadwara (Har ki Pauri), Kushwart (Ghat in Kankhal), Bilwa Teerth (Mansa Devi Temple) and Neel Parvat (Chandi Devi Temple).
It is most known for the Daksheswara Mahadev Temple, Maa Anandamoyi Ashram and numerous other ashrams and old houses with exquisite wall paintings built by Hindu pilgrims in the 19th century.
Kankhal is mentioned in Mahabharata as follows,
Traditionally, Kankhal is considered to be the summer capital and Kurukshetra the winter capital of Shiva.God Shiva after ascending to the throne visited plain areas, the present Haridwar. To give a warm welcome to God Shiva the site of Haridwar was made a welcome-gate hence called Haridwar.
In the Vanaparva of the Mahabharat, where sage Dhaumya tells Yudhishthira about the tirthas of India, Gangadwar, i.e., Haridwar and Kankhal, have been referred to. Kankhal also finds mention in the poem Meghaduta (Cloud messenger), of the 3rd century AD, classical Sanskrit poet and dramatist, Kalidas.
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