Narsingh Temple in Jyotirmath is regarded as the winter seat of Badrinath. When the Badrinath shrine closes for winter, the gaddi of Adi Shankaracharya is brought here and worshipped until the spring, while the dolis of Uddhav ji and Kuber ji stay at Pandukeshwar. Adi Shankaracharya is credited with installing the temple's image of Narsingh, Vishnu's half man half lion form. A local legend holds that a crack slowly widening on the idol's wrist will one day seal the path to Badrinath forever.
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