Bageshwar

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This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS.

Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts.Many units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.

Bageshwar

Village in the District and tahsil of Almora, United Provinces, situated in 29 51' N. and 79° 48' E., at the confluence of the Sarju and GomatI, which form a tributary of the Kali or Sarda. Population fluctuates considerably, and is about 800 in the autumn. The village was formerly a great trade centre for the exchange of the produce of Tibet with that of the plains and also imported goods, but the Bhotia merchants now travel to the submontane marts. Bageshwar is also a place of pilgrimage, and contains a temple built about 1450, but an older inscription records a grant to a temple here by a Katyiiri Raja. There are some curious tombs made of tiles, which are assigned by tradition to Mughal colonies planted by Timiir. A dispensary is maintained, and there is a small school with 24 pupils.