Jawalamukhi
Jawalamukhi is a small temple town in Kangra (district), Himachal Pradesh (India).
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- Jawalamukhi Temple (Jawalamukhi Mandir), Jawala Ji Temple Rd, ☏ +91 1970 222 223. Daily 4AM-11PM. Being a temple town, this is the main attraction. It is dedicated to the goddess of the flaming face. It is one of the 51 "Shakti Peeths" dispersed throughout the subcontinent and is believed by devotees to be the place where Sati's tongue had fallen. There is no statue or idol inside the temple but instead an everburning flame is enclosed within a dome.
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