Synopsis Man’s quest for truth includes, besides his other efforts, pilgrimages to various shrines and far-flung holy places. This book has a special significance with Manimahesh-yatra as its central theme. Around this central theme the author weaves all those significant details, which will be quite useful for a future pilgrim to Siva’s abode. The halt at Bharmaur (ancient capital of Chamba) is still more prudently utilized to dwell at length on the ‘Chaurasi complex’, the 84 Siddha shrines, the influence of Siddha Natha sect of medieval India on the Saivite practices of the Chamba people. The neighbouring shrines of Lord Ganesa, Laksana Devi, Narasimha and Nandi at ‘Chaurasi’, the shrine of Sakti Devi at Chhatradi, the temple architecture, the age-old religious practices and beliefs of the people and the Puranic tales associated with deities have all come under sharp focus of the discerning eye of the writer in this volume. Besides an in-depth treatment of historical, iconographical and archi