#HidimbaDeviTemple, locally known as #DhungariTemple, also known variously as the #HadimbaTemple, is located in #Manāli, a hill station in the State of #HimāchalPradesh in north India. It is an ancient cave temple dedicated to #HidimbiDevi, wife of Bhima, a figure in the Indian epic Mahābhārata. The temple is surrounded by a cedar forest called Dhungiri Van Vihar at the foot of the Himālayas. The sanctuary is built over a huge rock jutting out of the ground which was worshiped as an image of the deity. The structure was built in 1553 by Maharaja Bahadur Singh.

#HidimbaDeviTemple, locally known as #DhungariTemple, also known variously as the #HadimbaTemple, is located in #Manāli, a hill station in the State of #HimāchalPradesh in north India. It is an ancient cave temple dedicated to #HidimbiDevi, wife of Bhima, a figure in the Indian epic Mahābhārata. The temple is surrounded by a cedar forest called Dhungiri Van Vihar at the foot of the Himālayas. The sanctuary is built over a huge rock jutting out of the ground which was worshiped as an image of the deity. The structure was built in 1553 by Maharaja Bahadur Singh.