Hindu devotees ring temple bells at Naina Devi Temple

Hindu devotees ring temple bells at Naina Devi temple in Nainital in Uttarakhand. The temple is located on top of the Naina hill at the northern shore of Naini lake in Nainital, Uttarakhand. The presiding deity of the temple is Maa Naina Devi represented by two Netras or eyes. Nainital is one of the 64 Shaktipeeths also known as religious sites of Hinduism. In the ancient days of history when Sati, the wife of Lord Shiva, unable to bear the insult when her father King Daksha refused to invite Sati and Lord Shiva for a yajna, burnt herself to death. Devastated and grief-stricken, when Lord Shiva was returning to their abode with her body in His arms, Her body parts fell on various places on earth. The temple of Naina Devi is built on the spot where the eyes (naina) of the Goddess are assumed to have fallen, when Lord Shiva carried her body. Source: thedivineindia.com This footage is part of the professionally-shot broadcast stock footage archive of Wilderness Films India Ltd., the largest collection of HD imagery from South Asia. The Wilderness Films India collection comprises of tens of thousands of hours of high quality broadcast imagery, mostly shot on HDCAM / SR 1080i High Definition, Alexa, SR, HDV and XDCAM. Write to us for licensing this footage on a broadcast format, for use in your production! We are happy to be commissioned to film for you or else provide you with broadcast crewing and production solutions across South Asia. We pride ourselves in bringing the best of India and South Asia to the world... Reach us at rupindang @ gmail . com and [email protected].