Parvati is a river and a valley within Kullu. Malana lies in a tributary valley with its own language. Manikaran brings different pilgrimage traditions to one riverbank. Their stories deserve their own names and sources. The records here do not establish when the Parvati name was first used.
This is a starting list, not a census of every settlement. Eight places have documented sacred associations. Chalal, Rashol and Kalga still need suitable deity sources. None has received a current-practice or community review for this website.
The seven retained map points come from the 14 October 2026 OpenStreetMap extract. Four additional places have no admitted coordinates. No sacred-site or sensitive ecological coordinates have been added. © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
The public register contains 35 supported claims and 25 admitted sources. 4 claims remain in the research backlog. Source access, publication dates and geographic limits are separate fields. Recorded religious traditions are presented as traditions; they establish neither geological events nor product benefits.
Read the 35 claim records
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The Parvati Valley extends east from the Parvati–Beas confluence at Bhuntar in Kullu district.
Documented geography · Parvati Valley · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
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Official accounts use both Parvati and Parbati spellings for the river and valley.
Documented geography · Parvati/Parbati Valley · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S02 — Main paragraphs1–3; footer update26April2018
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
Spelling variation does not establish a naming date or historical etymology.
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District Kullu records Jamlu of Malana carrying a basket of gods across Chandrakhani; wind disperses them through Kullu.
Religious or mythological tradition · Kullu / Malana / Chandrakhani · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S01 — Mythological References, final paragraph; footer update25April2018
Undated recorded legend, not verified historical dispersal or a Parvati-only legend.
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The district places this legend within Kullu’s Valley of Gods identity. Kullu is the wider regional frame; Parvati is one river valley within it.
Documented cultural account · Kullu / Parvati Valley · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S01 — Mythological References, final paragraph; footer update25April2018
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
Do not use Kullu, Parvati and Malana as interchangeable localities.
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Manikaran is documented as a Hindu and Sikh pilgrimage place, with Raghunathjee and a gurdwara in the district account.
Documented history · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S02 — Main paragraphs1–3; footer update26April2018
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The district account connects Manikaran with Shiva and Parvati in an explicitly legendary association.
Religious or mythological tradition · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S02 — Main paragraphs1–3; footer update26April2018
This source does not itself give a detailed lost-jewel narrative.
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Vedanta Bharati’s account of local recitations tells of Parvati losing her jewel in the river and Shiva’s search bringing it back with the springs.
Religious or mythological tradition · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S10 — Opening under Adi Shankaracharya’s Visit; account identifies local recitations/living traditions
Attribute this telling to the religious organisation; no ancient event date, textual edition or geological mechanism established.
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Himachal Tourism describes the Manikaran gurdwara as honouring Guru Nanak and records a tradition of his visit.
Religious or mythological tradition · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S06 — Manikaran Sahib Gurudwara section
No precise travel year or archaeological proof inferred.
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The district records rice being cooked with spring heat at Manikaran.
Documented cultural account · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S02 — Main paragraphs1–3; footer update26April2018
Recorded use, not cooking instructions, safe-temperature guidance, medical evidence or current confirmation.
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The official Dussehra directory records Ram Chander Ji Manikaran and associated Hanuman, Bhole Nath and Raghunath.
Documented religious directory · Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S15 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Recorded associations, not the only deities or a current inventory.
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The official directory records Naina Devi/Naina Mata at Manikaran and relates the deity’s travels to Rudr Nag and Kheer Ganga.
Documented religious directory · Manikaran / Rudr Nag / Kheer Ganga · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S16 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Traditional itinerary is not visitor access permission or a current festival schedule.
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Manikaran has a Dussehra recorded in its own locality, distinct from the larger Kullu celebration at Dhalpur.
Documented cultural account · Manikaran / Kullu · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S15 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
PV-S04 — Index and linked deity records
No current dates, attendance counts or participation guarantee asserted.
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Kasol is described by Himachal Tourism as a settlement beside the Parvati, with old and new areas connected by a bridge.
Documented geography · Kasol · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S05 — Kasol, Malana and Manikaran sections
Undated description, not a current bridge survey or exact settlement-growth chronology.
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The official directory places Somu Narayan, also called Kasoli Narayan, at Kasol.
Documented religious directory · Kasol · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S17 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
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The park authority names Chalal, Rashol, Grahan, Tosh and Malana among destinations in its Parvati Valley account.
Documented geography · Named regional places · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
Does not place every destination inside the national park or establish precise boundaries.
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The official directory places Yagya Valakya Rishi/Rawal Rishi/Rawal at Grahan.
Documented religious directory · Grahan · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S19 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Do not merge this with Devta Rawal of Uch or infer current sacred access.
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The official directory records Jamlu Tosh, with the parenthetical Jamdagnee association, at Tosh.
Documented religious directory · Tosh · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S12 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Keep Tosh distinct from Jamlu records at Malana, Hawai and Ursu.
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Narayan Pulga is recorded as presiding over Pulga; the directory uses a general hill-architecture description for the temple.
Documented religious directory · Pulga · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S13 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Not an architectural survey or proof of a particular construction technique.
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Than Tulga/Suraj Pal Than Tulga is recorded at Tulga.
Documented religious directory · Tulga · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S14 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
No present priesthood, current festival date or permissions verified.
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The directory places Jagtham at Bershaini/Barshaini, names Jungru as an associate and records links to nearby deities.
Documented religious directory · Barshaini / linked village group · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S18 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
The six villages mentioned in the directory are not enumerated; do not assign them by guesswork.
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The official directory records Jamdagni Rishi/Jamlu at Malana and traditional pilgrimage links to Manikaran and Rudr Nag.
Documented religious directory · Malana / wider sacred links · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S11 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Recorded sacred relationship, not a dated migration or visitor route.
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Similar Jamlu/Jamdagni names are separately located at Tosh, Malana, Hawai and Ursu in the official directory.
Documented religious directory · Wider Kullu · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S11 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
PV-S12 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
PV-S21 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
PV-S22 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Do not collapse local identities, permissions or festival records.
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Uppsala’s Kunashi documentation project ran from 2015 to 2018 and describes collaboration with speech communities in research concerning Malana’s language.
Documented research project · Malana · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S07 — Time period, project description, collaboration paragraph
Project dates are not foundation dates or current speaker numbers.
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The 2018 field report sampled Kasol, Rasol, Pulga, Kalga and Tosh during 2015–2017.
Scientific evidence: ethnobotanical field report · Five sampled villages · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S08 — Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products25(3),127–130; Methodology and Cultural importance, printedp128
Pooled field accounts do not describe every household or prove current frequency.
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The report records Mangolu for seed, Shel for fibre, and food/craft uses including Siddu, Aaksalu and Pullan.
Attributed field accounts · Five-village regional record · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S08 — Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products25(3),127–130; Methodology and Cultural importance, printedp128
Keep terms/practices attributed. No medical efficacy, product formula, current universal use or brand sourcing inferred.
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KYTA’s account describes Kalga through orchards, wood-and-stone buildings, fields and irrigation streams.
Attributed organisation account · Kalga · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S09 — Narrative after introduction; wood-and-stone/orchard paragraphs
An attributed account, not a current land-use or building census.
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KYTA tells of a visitor settlement developing around a summer-grazing meadow from the early 1980s.
Attributed organisation account · Kalga · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S09 — Narrative after introduction; wood-and-stone/orchard paragraphs
Not independently corroborated; not the beginning of habitation or an exact founding date.
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The official directory places Mata Parvati/Devi Chogasna at Chong and records links to Manikaran and Kheer Ganga.
Documented religious directory · Chong / wider Kullu · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S20 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Do not move the home shrine to Manikaran or make all valley worship identical.
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The 1899 gazetteer attests Parbati and describes Manikarn springs; its own name explanation connects manis with polished pebbles.
Documented history and historical interpretation · Historical Kullu / Manikaran · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S23 — PDFp2 imprint; PDFp3 preface30May1898; printedpp10–11/PDF26–27 hot springs; PDF18 Parbati geography; printedp53/PDF69 language
Historical interpretation is not proven etymology or modern science. Colonial framing and OCR require caution.
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The seven existing public map points derive from a retained OpenStreetMap snapshot with record IDs and versions.
Documented geography · Seven existing public place nodes · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S27 — research/geodata/parvati-public-atlas-2026-10-14.geojson and retained query/receipt
Not surveyed centroids. Captured 14 October India, not freshly reverified on 22 October.
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Kheerganga/Khirganga appears in official regional geography; Kheer Ganga also appears in deity pilgrimage records.
Documented geography and religious association · Upper Parvati / sacred links · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
PV-S16 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
PV-S20 — Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
No founding date, precise sacred-origin narrative or present trail/access condition established.
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Malana is a distinct settlement and cultural locality in the wider regional account; the illustrative village sequence is not a route along one riverbank.
Documented geography and editorial interpretation · Malana / Parvati region · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S03 — Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
PV-S05 — Kasol, Malana and Manikaran sections
PV-S27 — research/geodata/parvati-public-atlas-2026-10-14.geojson and retained query/receipt
Exact tributary hierarchy awaits primary catchment text or admitted mapped hydrology; no new upstream/downstream route inferred.
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The 2022 volume Synchronic and Diachronic Aspects of Kanashi contains published descriptions of sounds, grammar and basic vocabulary, as described in its introduction.
Scientific evidence: linguistic research · Malana / Kanashi language · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S30 — Printed pp8–9 / PDF pp8–9, volume contents
Existence/content of this publication does not prove completion of every output proposed in the 2015–2018 grant.
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The authors use Kanashi and record Kunashi in the speech of their oldest language consultant, alongside Malani and Kanasi in earlier literature.
Scientific evidence: linguistic research · Malana · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S30 — Printed p3 / PDF p3, opening paragraph
A recorded naming account, not evidence that all speakers choose one spelling or that local editorial review has occurred.
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Saxena and Borin place Malana in the upper Malana river valley, within northern Kullu district.
Documented geography in primary research · Malana river valley / Kullu · accessed 2026-10-22
PV-S30 — Printed p3 / PDF p3, Kanashi and Malana
Distinguishes Malana’s immediate valley from the main Parvati corridor; does not assert current access or a complete hydrological boundary.
Read the 25 source records
PV-S01 / History — Mythological References
District Administration Kullu
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Mythological References, final paragraph; footer update25April2018
Explicit mythology. No date of Jamlu’s journey or equation of Kullu with Parvati Valley is established.
PV-S02 / Manikaran
District Administration Kullu
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Main paragraphs1–3; footer update26April2018
Only a brief Shiva–Parvati association; no complete jewel/Sheshnag narrative on this page.
Radioactivity, above-boiling temperatures and healing statements are not scientific or medical evidence. Access/transport advice not currently verified.
PV-S03 / Parvati Valley
Great Himalayan National Park Authorities
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Main account, three paragraphs; footer updated10September2026
Footer date is not an article publication date. Destination list does not define national-park boundaries, walking routes or current access.
PV-S04 / Devtas of Bhuntar
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Index and linked deity records
A directory grouping, not evidence that every shrine is in Bhuntar town, Parvati Valley, or a current exhaustive census.
PV-S05 / Kullu
Himachal Tourism
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read by direct https
Kasol, Malana and Manikaran sections
Web reader502; ordinary HTTPS succeeded with certificate verification and retained hash.
Healing claims, democratic-antiquity superlatives and current access assertions excluded.
PV-S06 / Gurudwaras — Manikaran Sahib Gurudwara
Himachal Tourism
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read by direct https
Manikaran Sahib Gurudwara section
Supports attributed Guru Nanak visit tradition, not established travel date or detailed Mardana bread story. Therapeutic claims excluded.
PV-S07 / Documentation of an endangered language: Kunashi
Uppsala University; Anju Saxena, project leader
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Time period, project description, collaboration paragraph
Project period is not publication/founding date or current speaker survey. Planned outputs are not presented as completed.
PV-S08 / Indigenous uses of wild hemp (Cannabis sativa) by the local inhabitants in Manikaran Valley of Himachal Pradesh, North Western Himalaya
Sumati Rathore, Sarla Shashni, Sher Singh Samant and Rakesh Chand Sundriyal
Published 2018-09 · accessed 2026-10-22 · author uploaded full text read
Journal of Non-Timber Forest Products25(3),127–130; Methodology and Cultural importance, printedp128
Fieldwork2015–2017; published2018; author upload2022. Findings are pooled, not household-specific.
Reported practices do not establish clinical efficacy, current prevalence, cultivation permission, product formula or Mount Herbs supply.
Study-area latitude/longitude labels appear inverted; do not use them to geolocate villages.
PV-S09 / Kalga
KYTA; narrative attributed on page to Hashim Qayoom
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read by direct https
Narrative after introduction; wood-and-stone/orchard paragraphs
Settlement origin is uncorroborated KYTA narrative. No exact foundation, house count, permanent population or present-day absence of a deity established.
Do not reproduce the dialogue as a verified interview or convert account into brand partnership.
PV-S10 / Manikaran, Parvati Valley, Kullu — Shaankara Jyoti Prakasha
Vedanta Bharati
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read by direct https
Opening under Adi Shankaracharya’s Visit; account identifies local recitations/living traditions
Claimed26May2026 visit is not publication date. No independent ancient text edition or consecration chronology established.
Only attributed jewel tradition admitted; healing and supernatural geology are not scientific conclusions.
PV-S11 / Jamdagni Rishi
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S12 / Jamlu
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S13 / Narayan Pulga
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S14 / Than Tulga
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S15 / Ram Chander Ji Manikaran
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S16 / Devi Naina
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S17 / Somu Narayan
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S18 / Jagtham
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S19 / Yagya Valakya Rishi
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S20 / Mata Parvati
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S21 / Devta Jamlu
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S22 / Jamlu Rishi
Kullu Dussehra official website
Publication date not stated · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying html read
Name, location, associated-deity, annual-fair, Dussehra and Highlights fields
Undated directory; no community review or2026 festival confirmation occurred.
Local spelling, practice and access restrictions require community review. Personal contact fields deliberately omitted.
PV-S23 / Gazetteer of the Kangra District, PartsII–IV: Kulu, Lahul and Spiti
Punjab Government; A.H.Diack, revised by P.D.Agnew; Indus1994 reprint
Published 1899 · accessed 2026-10-22 · original scan downloaded text inspected
PDFp2 imprint; PDFp3 preface30May1898; printedpp10–11/PDF26–27 hot springs; PDF18 Parbati geography; printedp53/PDF69 language
Filename1897 contradicts imprint1899; use firstpublished1899/reprinted1994.
Colonial perspective, OCR errors and obsolete medical/social claims require critical reading. No current authority or clinical evidence inferred.
Attestation by1899 is not the earliest attestation or proven naming date.
PV-S27 / Dated public Parvati place extract
OpenStreetMap contributors; project capture14October2026
Published 2026-10-14 · accessed 2026-10-22 · local source snapshot inspected
research/geodata/parvati-public-atlas-2026-10-14.geojson and retained query/receipt
Snapshot capture13OctoberUTC/14OctoberIndia, not a new22October online verification.
ODbL1.0; preserve attribution. Place nodes are not surveyed centroids, boundaries, trails, property or species locations.
PV-S30 / Introduction: Kanashi, its speakers, its linguistic and extralinguistic context
Anju Saxena and Lars Borin
Published 2022 · accessed 2026-10-22 · underlying primary chapter read
Printed p3 / PDF p3, Kanashi and Malana; printed pp8–9 / PDF pp8–9, volume contents
Historical field context and estimates are not a 2026 census, current trail report or community publication permission.
License CC BY-NC-ND4.0: do not reuse figures, maps, audio or substantive text in the commercial website without suitable permission. This register uses factual paraphrase and a short evidence excerpt.
Introductory chapter inspected, not every chapter in the volume; migration hypotheses remain hypotheses.
Current festival dates, community voices, sacred imagery and visitor permissions require direct review. No interview, endorsement or Mount Herbs supply relationship is implied by these records.