Chaughera

Chaughera lies in the Dang valley, a region long associated with the yogis of the Nath tradition. Its monastery honours Ratna Nath, a disciple in the lineage of Gorakhnath, and held great importance for the valley's rulers. A local story tells how a king hunting in the forest met the yogi, who gave him an arrow as a pledge of his rule. The king's descendants and the monastery thereafter shared the worship of the arrow.