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Photo: tripadvisor.comAn ancient meditation cave traditionally linked to the sage Vashishta, with a natural Shiva lingam formation inside.
An ancient meditation cave on the Rishikesh-Badrinath road, traditionally linked to the sage Vashishta, with a resident ashram founded beside it in 1930.
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Rishikesh's oldest temple, its dome capped by a single 125-tonne block of rock, was rebuilt after a 1398 invasion.
Named for the legend that Lakshmana crossed the Ganges here on jute ropes. A son helped fund the bridge in memory of his father, with a promise that no toll would ever be charged.
Here Shiva is believed to have swallowed the poison Halahala that rose during the churning of the ocean. The temple's spire shows gods and demons at that churning.