History of Nainital

Nainital is mainly indicated to the ‘Manas Khand’ of the ‘Skanda Purana’ as Tri-Rishi-Sarovar, the river of the three sages, Atri,Pulastya and Pulaha who were believed to have reached here on a penitent pilgrimage, and found no water to satisfy their thirst dug a hole and tapped water into it from Mansarovar the holy lake in Tibet.

 

The Second significant mythological mention to Nainital is as one of 64 ‘Shakti Peeths’. These regions were created wherever fragments of charred body of Sati tumbled, when Lord Shiva was carrying around her corpse in sorrow. It is said the left eye (Nain) of Sati fell over here and this gave rise to patron divinity of city Nainital. It is said that the lake is shaped in the emerald eye shape. Naina Devi shrine is located at the northern end of the lake.Thus name of Nainital derivated after Naina and the tal (Lake).





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