Traditional Gauri Kund is a Hindu pilgrimage site and base camp for trek to Kedarnath Temple, in Uttarakhand, India.
In Hindu folklore, Gauri committed to penance involving many ascetic and yogic practices to win over Shiva's affections.
While bathing in the kund, Goddess Parvati fashioned Ganesha from the soap suds on her body, breathed life into him and placed him at the entrance as her guard.
She insisted that the boy be brought back to life and Shiva took the head of a wandering elephant and placed it on Ganesha's body.
[3] Tirugnana Sambandar, a 7th-century Tamil Saivite poet, venerated the deity in one verses in Tevaram, compiled as the First Tirumurai.