Daksheswara Mahadev Temple

Old Kankhal holds the ground where the Shakti Peeth story starts. By tradition this is where Daksha held the yagna to which he did not invite Shiva, and where Sati gave up her body after her father's insult, the act that scattered her across the subcontinent as fifty-one shrines. The Nagara-style temple was raised in 1810 by Rani Dhankaur and rebuilt in 1962, yet the sacrificial pit and the quiet stretch of Ganga behind it feel far older. Open roughly 6:00–19:00, about 4 km from the station.

The month of Shravan turns quiet Kankhal into the centre of Shiva devotion here