https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Mukhba 2026-08-18T13:04:39Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mukhba&diff=237480&oldid=prev 2021-05-07T18:03:31Z

<p>removed <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Villages_in_Uttarakhand&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Villages in Uttarakhand (page does not exist)">Category:Villages in Uttarakhand</a>; added <a href="/w/index.php?title=Category:Villages_in_Uttarkashi_district&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Category:Villages in Uttarkashi district (page does not exist)">Category:Villages in Uttarkashi district</a> using <a href="https://en.bharatpedia.org/wiki/BP:HC" class="extiw" title="wp:HC">HotCat</a></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;Mukhba&#039;&#039;&#039; is a small village near the [[Gangotri Temple]] in [[Harsil]], [[Uttarakhand]], India, that hosts the idol of Goddess Ganga during winters, after it is brought down in a ritual ceremony from the temple, some nine miles away, as it becomes inaccessible after being snowed in.&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IoFuAAAAMAAJ&amp;pg=PA19|title=Ganga: A Journey Down the Ganges River|first=Julian Crandall|last=Hollick|date=July 21, 2008|publisher=Island Press|isbn=9781597263863|via=Google Books}}&lt;/ref&gt; The priests of the Gangotri Temple hail from this village. The idol is brought down during the festival of [[Diwali]] (usually in October) with great celebration, and returns to the temple in spring (in April).&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nHZ5CwAAQBAJ&amp;pg=PT132|title=Indian Himalaya: Story of a 100 Visits|first=Kirit|last=Rindani|date=January 7, 2016|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=9781482858860|via=Google Books}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://www.chardhamtour.in/blog/mukhba/ Mukhba Village - Information]<br /> <br /> {{Coord missing|Uttarakhand}}<br /> [[Category:Villages in Uttarkashi district]]<br /> <br /> {{Uttarakhand-geo-stub}}</div>

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