Jagar devtas of Garhwal and Kumaon

Kind of village or household deity, Himalayan village worship

Uttarakhand

Bhairav, Narsingh, Nagraja and other deities a family consults through jagar. Which one a family keeps depends on its village, and the knowledge is oral.

How a family belongs

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Sources

Confidence: high. Last checked November 2026. Heads, courts and websites change, so entries are checked again every year.

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