Mahamaya's body split into multiple parts and these were scattered all over the earth.
It is believed that one among those parts, the hand, fell at Haryali Kantha.
The temple contains a bejeweled idol of Maa Hariyali Devi astride a lion.
The temple houses chiefly three idols namely, Ma Hariyali Devi, Kshatrapal and Heet Devi How To Reach: A route diverting from Nagrasu, 18 km from Rudraprayag towards Gauchar at NH58, leads to the Siddha Peeth of Hariyali Devi 22 km away.
Latitide 30°24'N and 79°03'E Temple is open throughout the year but is more festive at the time of Dhanteras, Rakshabandhan, Navratras and Deepavalli.