Champawat district about 840 m
Purnagiri Temple: Timings, Distance and Nearest Railway Station
Purnagiri Temple is a temple 16 km by road from Tanakpur, in Champawat district, at about 840 m. It is 348 km by road from Delhi and 16 km from Tanakpur railway station, the nearest railway station. A hilltop shrine of Goddess Purnagiri, counted among the 108 Siddhapeeths; belief holds that Sati's navel fell here. It stands above the right bank of the Kali, near Tanakpur.
Purnagiri Temple at a glance
- Festival
- The Purnagiri Mela opens around Holi and runs through Chaitra Navratri for about three months; devotees come all year.
- Height
- About 840 m
- From Delhi
- 348 km by road
- Railway station
- Tanakpur, 16 km
- Airport
- Pantnagar airport, 111 km
Visiting Purnagiri Temple
- Also called Punyagiri; below the hill the Kali reaches the plains and takes the name Sharda. (champawat.nic.in, last updated 2023-04-03)
Timings
- Darshan hours are not published officially; during the 2026 mela the temple committee kept volunteers on darshan duty 24 hours a day. (amarujala.com, 2026-04-13)
The festival
- The Purnagiri Mela opens around Holi and runs through Chaitra Navratri for about three months; devotees come all year. (kumaon.gov.in, last updated 2025-05-15)
- The Chief Minister opened the 2026 mela at Tanakpur on 27 February; the fair period ran to 15 June 2026. (etvbharat.com, 2026-02-27)
- The 2025 mela ran from 15 March to 15 June and drew over 20 lakh devotees. (newsonair.gov.in, 2025-03-16)
Before you go
- Drive from Tanakpur to Thuligad, then walk: the path climbs by Hanuman Chatti and Tunyas, through shops and huts, to the temple at the top. (kumaon.gov.in, last updated 2025-05-15)
- In the 2026 mela large vehicles stopped at Boom and small ones went on to Thuligad and the Bhairav temple; the walk from the Bhairav temple is about 3 km, lined with shops. (amarujala.com, 2026-04-13)
- About 16,000 devotees came in 24 hours on 13 March 2026, and over 20,000 on Sunday 12 April; police barricade the path from the Kali temple to the main temple on busy days. (amarujala.com, 2026-03-13)
- Special fair buses run from Tanakpur to Thuligad, the first stop of the yatra. (utsav.gov.in, last updated 2022-02-22)
- Many pilgrims bathe at Sharda Ghat in Tanakpur, where water police are posted; they rescued a drowning bather on 13 March 2026. (amarujala.com, 2026-03-13)
Lately
- A ropeway of about 950 m, from Hanuman Chatti to near the Kali temple, was about 60% built in August 2026 and is due to open by May 2027: about 7 minutes a ride, some 800 people an hour. (amarujala.com, 2026-08-04)
- Announced in 2026: permanent street lighting from Tanakpur to the shrine, and integrated crowd management. (etvbharat.com, 2026-02-27)
How to reach Purnagiri Temple
By road, measured on OpenStreetMap: 16 km from Tanakpur.
| From | km |
|---|---|
| Delhi | 348 |
| Kathgodam railway station | 115 |
| Tanakpur railway station | 16 |
| Pantnagar airport | 111 |
| Pithoragarh airport (Naini Saini) | 163 |
- 20 km from Tanakpur, the nearest railway station; Pantnagar airport about 160 km (district figures). (champawat.nic.in, last updated 2023-04-03)
The weather near Purnagiri Temple now
At Tanakpur, 11 km away, at 255 m; the temple is about 590 m higher, so a little colder.
Tanakpur255 m
21°CMostly clear
Now, 19:03 IST · wind 5 km/h
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- Mostly clear27° 18°Dry
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Forecast for 255 m, updated . Data from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0); the daily figures are worked out by us.
Tanakpur weather: the next 24 hours, 10 days and every month.
Questions about Purnagiri Temple
Darshan hours are not published officially; during the 2026 mela the temple committee kept volunteers on darshan duty 24 hours a day. (Source: amarujala.com, 2026-04-13.) Times change on festival days; ask locally or on WhatsApp before a long drive.
348 km by road, measured on OpenStreetMap; by train, Tanakpur railway station is 16 km from the temple by road, and Pantnagar airport 111 km.
The Purnagiri Mela opens around Holi and runs through Chaitra Navratri for about three months; devotees come all year. The Chief Minister opened the 2026 mela at Tanakpur on 27 February; the fair period ran to 15 June 2026. The 2025 mela ran from 15 March to 15 June and drew over 20 lakh devotees.
How we made this page
Each fact about the temple names its source, checked 2026-10-21. The point is from Google Maps (the temple's own pin; OpenStreetMap's 'Purnagiri Temple' node sits 16 km south, near Banbasa, and is not used); the height and the peaks in view are worked out by us on the Copernicus DEM GLO-90; road distances come from OpenStreetMap through the OSRM router. If a timing or rule has changed, tell us on WhatsApp.
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