[5] This temple was a part of Badhāngarh which is one of the 52 garh of Garhwal situated at the left bank of Pindar river.

[6] According to the legends, the original temple was built by katyuri King, who ruled this region from the 8th to 12th century.

Because this temple is in the middle of Garhwal and Kumaon, there used to be war in its nearby areas since ancient times.

Similarly, in the war of 1670 Baz Bahadur Chand invaded Badhangarh in the Pindar valley and to commemorate his victory, he took away the idol of the Goddess Nanda Devi which was established in the Badhangarhi temple and enshrined that in a temple at the old fort of Almora, which G.W.

It is told that Traill was struck with snow-blindness on his visit to the northern part of the province when he was Assistant Commissioner of Kumaon.